In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

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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...

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...

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

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.

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...

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay...

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.