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At The End Of The Day, I'm Reading The News. I'm Not Digging Ditches. I'm Not Fighting Fires. It's A Long Day, And It's A Lot Of Responsibility, And It Can Be A Little Bewildering Sometimes With The Schedule. But, You Know, It's A Job, And They Pay Me Well To Do A Job.

The Biggest Thing I Worry About Is The Unsubstantiated Story. You Have To Tell The People What You Know -- And Acknowledge What You Don't Know.

I Think We're More Relevant Than Ever Because It Is Such A Noisy Environment Out There. What's A Journalist Now? It's Anybody With A Way To Get Information Out And You're Sitting There With Your Smartphone In Front Of You. That's What We're Up Against Now. There's A Lot Of Unfiltered Information. Some Of It Is Accurate, Some Of It Way Off Base. We're That Safe Port In The Storm.

The Challenge Is Right Now, I Call It The Death Of Critical Thinking In America. It's A Very Worrisome Development. More And More People Seem To Be Resisting The Idea Of Standing Back And Asking Questions About Something, Challenging Their Beliefs.

I Don't Expect Us To Cover All The Issues Of This Campaign [2016] Tonight, But I Remind Everyone, There Are Two More Presidential Debates Scheduled. We Are Going To Focus On Many Of The Issues That Voters Tell Us Are Most Important, And We're Going To Press For Specifics.