Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.