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.

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.

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.

They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

I strongly believe that journalism is one of the most noble professions, because without an informed world, and without an informed society, we are weak, we are weak.

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