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" 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. "

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" 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. "

David Muir

Sitting

People

Know

" There's no such thing as alternative facts. "

" I often work seven days a week. I'm not looking for a pat on the back because I love what I do. "

" When I travel the country, I am often struck by how much we actually have in common. It's much more powerful than how much there is that's reported that divides us. "

" While anchoring at Boston's WCVB-TV, I reported on Mitt Romney's run for Massachusetts governor. "

" The evening news is evolving rapidly, and I think we have to be extraordinarily nimble. "

" I think Americans are a lot smarter than many give them credit for. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think the American people are bombarded with information from all directions, all day long. "

" 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. "

" Not a day goes by when we're not grateful to see that viewers seem to be responding. "

" I still like the physicality of papers. "

" 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?' "

" If any event teaches you how to perform on no sleep, it's a hurricane. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

David Muir

Voice

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm so privileged to sit where Diane Sawyer and Peter Jennings sat. "

" I think I was always a curious kid. "

" We have to find a way to let everyone know when they're watching that we hear them, that we're asking their questions on all ends of the spectrum. "

" I do feel if we underestimate the viewer, it's at our own peril. "

" The reporting has always been what drives me. "

David Muir

Drives

Reporting

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I can report from the field with a tiny camera and a laptop. "

" 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. "

David Muir

Back

Going

" 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. "

" I need to ask the questions the people at home want answered. "