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" 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. "

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" 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. "

David Muir

Myself

Travel

World

" 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

" The reporting has always been what drives me. "

David Muir

Drives

Reporting

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I still like the physicality of papers. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think I was always a curious kid. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

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

" 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. "

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