Journalism is less addictive than communism.

I know that this story is true.

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.

I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.

I'm all news, all the time. Full power, tall tower. I want to break in when news breaks out. That's my agenda. Now, respectfully, when you start talking about a liberal agenda and all the, quote, 'liberal bias' in the media, I quite frankly, and I say this respectfully but candidly to you, I don't know what you're talking about.

From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.