It's going to be an honest, fair, unvarnished look at what we do, and that means that it's an experiment. It's a risk. Not everybody approves of what we do. But I'm banking on the fact that people will also see how much effort we make about being fair and being ethical. |
It's not a casting call. This is not a test of who should be on the evening news. It's a test of how best to present a broadcast that plays a distinctive and important role in today's crowded news landscape. |
Just as the enormity of Katrina has created a new context for Rita, it has also done so for us, |
Leslie has not set a firm timetable. But we're making good progress. |
Still later that night, ... another series of confusions took place -- including what at this juncture appears to be a very significant computer error made by the Volusia County Elections Department -- which led to another series of bad calls by television networks and newspapers across the nation. |
Ten years in this job is a really long time. These are tough assignments. I'm pleased I'm leaving in an amicable, civilized, mutually respectful way. Leslie felt it was time for a change and so did I. |
That's totally ridiculous, ... I would say on a scale of 1 to 100 that had zero to do with it. The organization has moved on. |
The accusation that there was bias in CBS News' reporting of election night results is completely without foundation. |
This is Leslie wanting a change and so do I. |
This is the right time for Leslie to make a change and the right time for me to make a change, |
We could not have asked for a more inspirational partner to create an equally inspirational and entertaining DVD series. |
We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret. |
When you take a genre that is this entrenched and become the worldwide standard for how a news program is done and you start looking at alternative ways to do it, it's a challenging process, ... You have a core audience that is used to things a certain way that you don't want to alienate, but you also want to attract a new audience. We're trying to balance those two things. |