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

And then theres always the crying and the weeping that we hear-children, women, even men. And these images and these sounds are always with me.

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

Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, its true.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

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.