You Know, The Market Was Down Yesterday...

Msnbc Got Some Very Good People. They've Got A Good-looking Set. All They're First-class. Somewhere Along The Way, They Kind Of Lost Their Identity As A News Channel, And They Started Doing A Lot Of Other Sort Of Magazine-type Programming.

In The End, You Make Your Reputation And You Have Your Success Based Upon Credibility And Being Able To Provide People Who Are Really Hungry For Information What They Want.

What Played To What Had Been A Relative Weakness For Us-this Was Exploding Overseas As Well, And We Had To Scramble To Mount Some Reach And Get Into Places And Be Competitive On The Ground.

We've Had A Series Of Major News Stories That Have Brought In Viewers Who Either Were Sampling To See What Else Was Available Or Were Normal News Watchers. The Florida Recount And The End Of The Election Was A Huge Development. And Then 9/11 Came Along.

It's Perfectly Possible For Somebody To Make The Transition From Politics To Journalism.