When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

You'd better do what you feel good about doing. If we [try] to figure out what it is the audience wants and then try to deliver it to them, we're lost souls on the ghost ship forever.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.