People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.

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.

Objectivity means trying to give all sides a hearing. It does not, in my view, mean treating all sides as equal.

My view is that when lies become mixed up with the truth, it's a very dangerous world.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

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

Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.