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" 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. "

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

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

" I think I was always a curious kid. "

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" When we get news 24 hours a day, I think people need the evening newscast more than ever. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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People

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

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

" 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?' "

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

" 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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" 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. "