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

I'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

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

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.

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

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