“If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?”
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I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.
We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.
Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.