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

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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...

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that...

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that...

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that...

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that...

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there...

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there...

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.

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American...

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American...

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime...

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime...

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the...

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but...

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but...

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...

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...

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or...

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or...

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...

What we do and say and show really matters.

What we do and say and show really matters.

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

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