In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.

What we do and say and show really matters.

We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero....The controversy has raised profound questions about religious tolerance and prejudice in the United States.

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.