There's just a proliferation of blogs and the chattering classes and people talking. More avenues for people to make their feelings known, which is good.

I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.

I would like that to be known; these facts are in the summary which I think is a very good one.

I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

To me, there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. I think a lot of people here are furious at mine officials. If officials knew [the initial report] was incorrect, why didn't they come forward?

All great comedians make me laugh, but people make me laugh more.