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.

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

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

What we do and say and show really matters.

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

If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?

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.