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.

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

Im not an American but I have always had the outsiders respect for the American people and the American way.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.

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.

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

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.