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

Mostly, as I said, a desire to do a bit of good, and the quaint notion that this is what we signed up for, this is the business that we have chosen.

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.

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

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.

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?

Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer that of course I would never get married. And I most definitely would never have children.