For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

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But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and...

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and...

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make...

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make...

We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.

We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.

I am no longer sure that when I go out there and do my job...

I am no longer sure that when I go out there and do my job...

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest...

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest...

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone...

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone...

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play...

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play...

U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they...

U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they...

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay...

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay...

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

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

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

I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At...

I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At...

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the...

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the...

Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer...

Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer...

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor...

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor...

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

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

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

What we do and say and show really matters.

What we do and say and show really matters.

In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free...

In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free...