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One Of The Most Important Roles Of Our Journalists Is To Be Watchdogs.

Comedians, Such As Yourself, Jon Stewart And Others, Are A Valuable Supplement, And Here's Why: Good Journalism At Its Best Frequently Speaks Truth To Power. What's Happened With Journalists - Again, I Don't Except Myself From This Criticism - In Some Ways We've Lost Our Guts. We Need A Spine Transplant. What's Happened Is Comedians, In Their Own Way, Speak Truth To Power And Fill That Vacuum That We In Journalism Have Too Often Left, Particularly Post 9/11.

I Have Tried To Remain A Working, Cutting-edge Journalist And I Don't Do It The Way Everybody Else Does It. And I Think That's The Difference.

This Much We Know: Journalism Is Not A Precise Science. It's, On Its Best Day, Is A Crude Art. We Make Mistakes; I Make Mistakes. With More Than 50 Years As A Journalist, I Have At Least Had The Opportunity To Blow More Stories, Make More Mistakes Than Maybe Anybody In Television.