Christiane Amanpour
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?
But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.
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.
But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.
Before my son was born I used to joke about looking for bullet-proof Snugglies and Kevlar diapers.
Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.
Because I am foreign I was assigned to the foreign desk. I kid you not, it's true.
And yet, the powers that be, the moneymen, have decided to eviscerate us.
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 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 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 I really believe good journalism is good business.
And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.