There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

I believe America will always win the war. It's a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.

What Americans don't care much about is the piffle we put on TV these days, what they don't care about is boring, irrelevant, badly told stories, and what they really hate is the presumption that they're too stupid to know the difference.

What we do and say and show really matters.