I Used To Be A Print Reporter.

There's Fierce Competition Between All The Networks To Get The Guest Who Can Bring The Most Pertinent Information About Whatever The Story Of The Moment Happens To Be.

I Always Thought Writing Was The Foundation And The Basis For Journalism In The Same Way Being Able To Draw Is The Foundation For Art.

But With 9/11, We Found That People Tended To Come Back To The Networks And The People Who Had Been Our Core Viewers In The Past Came Back And They Have Stayed With Us.

I Had The Chance To Make Every Possible Mistake And Figure Out A Way To Recover From It. Once You Realize There Is Life After Mistakes, You Gain A Self-confidence That Never Goes Away.

American Politics Used To Be An Amateur Sport. But Somewhere Along The Way, We Handed Over To Professionals All The Things People Used To Do For Free.