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" A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job. "
You
Life
Job
" At 25, I found myself anchoring coverage of President Clinton's impeachment trial from Capitol Hill for WTVH-TV in my hometown of Syracuse, New York. I then covered Hillary Clinton's first Senate run. "
Hill
Hometown
Run
" Every evening, I would excuse myself from playing in the backyard and go inside to watch the evening news... I wanted to get out there and see the world, and as a kid, I knew that Peter Jennings had a thirst and hunger to travel the world, too. "
Myself
Travel
World
" I can report from the field with a tiny camera and a laptop. "
Tiny
I Can
Field
" I do feel if we underestimate the viewer, it's at our own peril. "
Feel
Our
Underestimate
" If any event teaches you how to perform on no sleep, it's a hurricane. "
Hurricane
You
Sleep
" If we can get people engaged in the world around them in any form, in any way, that's a positive thing, and hopefully we can get them to come to the news more. "
World
Way
Positive
" If you go to certain cable news shows, you're generally going to hear the viewpoints that you already have reported back to you. I think there's no harm in that. "
Back
Go
Going
" I hope people know that when I'm sitting there, it's not some guy on a desk on a platform with sort of this voice-of-God approach. "
Sitting
People
Know
" I'm so privileged to sit where Diane Sawyer and Peter Jennings sat. "
Privileged
Where
Diane
" I need to ask the questions the people at home want answered. "
Want
People
Ask
" I often work seven days a week. I'm not looking for a pat on the back because I love what I do. "
Days
Week
Work
" I remember being in New Orleans after Katrina hearing people calling, 'Help me,' and wanting to slide down in the seat of my car because it felt like I was invading their suffering. But I also know that our being there gave them a voice. "
Voice
Me
People
" I still like the physicality of papers. "
Physicality
Still
Papers
" I think Americans are a lot smarter than many give them credit for. "
I Think
Credit
Give
" I think I was always a curious kid. "
Always
I Think
Curious
" I think people do want to cut through the noise, and they do want straight shooters, and they want you to call people out on the facts when the facts are the facts. "
You
Facts
Noise
" I think that with our 'Made in America' segments, where we go out to these factories all around the country, is essentially giving people a high-five and signal to them that we're in this together. "
Giving
Think
America
" I think the American people are bombarded with information from all directions, all day long. "
Think
Day
People
" I think there is a danger when it comes to fake news because there is some fake news out there, but there's also a danger when you only hear back to you the beliefs you already have. "
Danger
Fake
News
" I think the sensibilities of having grown up in Upstate New York and the concerns, the fears, the hopes of the people there are reflected all over the country. "
New
Country
New York
" It's a business driven by curiosity. If you don't want to go out and learn about the world and see the place, it's the wrong business. But if you do... I've had an unbelievable front row seat. "
Business
Curiosity
You
" I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?' "
Said
Need
News
" Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding. "
Grateful
Day
Viewers
" Our job every single night is to call out hypocrisy on both sides to make sure we're holding Republicans accountable and Democrats accountable, that we're holding the president accountable for promises made. "
Promises
Job
Hypocrisy
" Peter Jennings was the James Bond of evening news, and I always wanted to be that. His evening news was really a conversation with America, and I hope that's something I can achieve. "
Bond
America
Conversation
" The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble. "
I Think
Evolving
Evening
" The reporting has always been what drives me. "
Drives
Reporting
Me
" There's no such thing as alternative facts. "
Thing
Alternative
Facts
" There's something about a sign-off that seems predictable. I just say whatever comes to my mind, to the pleasure and horror of the control room, I'm sure. "
Horror
Say
Pleasure
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