They're indispensable. They're the glue that holds a newscast together.

glue that holds all these things together.

I'm the glue that holds everything together.

He's the glue that holds this team together.

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now.