Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it.

Murrow covered something because it needed coverage. He wasn't trying to get an audience just for the sake of it.

But it took a Murrow, because Murrow had an audience unlike any of these other guys.

Forgive Us Our Press Passes.

I'm delighted about it myself, because I'm no longer primarily a television person. I love seeing that the people who exercised that absolute control have lost it, thanks to technology.

I think it's fair to say that the promise of confidentiality is based on the confidence that what you're being told is true, ... You lose right to any confidentiality if you lie. Sources are whistleblowers - they're people who'll tell you the truth to change something.