gave the impression of playing a role more than simply trying to deliver the news to the audience.

We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism.

The Best of the CBS Evening News.

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.

I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this.

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.