There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.