And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place. |
And I really believe good journalism is good business. |
And I worked my way up through every level. I was a writer, I was a producer, I was a field producer, I was a reporter and I am a reporter. |
And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story. |
And then there's always the crying and the weeping that we hear-children, women, even men. And these images and these sounds are always with me. |
And yet, the powers that be, the moneymen, have decided to eviscerate us. |
Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, it's true. |
Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win. |
But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars. |
But think how much more of a contribution we could make to this great society if we weren't so dependent on what I call those hocus-focus-pocus awful groups who tell us what people are not interested in. |
Defining Moments: Stories that Touched Our Lives. |
Dramatic moment for international justice |
European leaders are expected to disagree with Bush's olive branch. |
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? |
Her nationalism was known far and wide during the war. |