I've always been a firm believer in local news, because it's an opportunity to connect with the community where you live.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.
People essentially like local news better than network news.
If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover.
For some reason, it is always thrilling to spot your home town in the news.
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.
People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what's happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story.
Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always come to CNN and that's where I wanted to be.
I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written.