Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

People would pay money to work at CNN

If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.

Those of us forced to read the London papers sometimes speculate about which is greater: the average British hack's sloth, mendacity, ignorance, obsequiousness, capacity for drink, or aversion to paying for that drink. Smart money tends to split between the latter two.

Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.