There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn’t mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.
I strongly believe that journalism is one of the most noble professions, because without an informed world, and without an informed society, we are weak, we are weak.
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?
I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.
But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.
If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.
What we do and say and show really matters.
Objectivity means trying to give all sides a hearing. It does not, in my view, mean treating all sides as equal.
I believe America will always win the war. It’s a superpower that no one can challenge. The real challenge is for the United States to win the peace.
They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.