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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.

I watch practically no TV - ah, what the hell do I watch? Oh, I was for a long time addicted to CNN.

CNN's problem goes to its very core and to the identity it's sought ever since the rise of Fox News, on its right: CNN is the channel for people who don't want to watch the other channels! That's a stupid strategy.

CNN will always be the channel people turn on when wars and horrible disasters happen. The 'trick' is getting people to also want to watch it when there aren't hundreds or thousands of people somewhere in the world currently in mortal peril.

The fact that I'm on CNN today is something I never would have guessed as a 13-year-old - or any other age, for that matter.

I never have my CNN off, it's on the whole day. I don't want to be out of range of television. I'm constantly bombarded by information - Somalia one second, Haiti the next - I need that constant pounding. I couldn't write without television. I need to have the world in my room.

CNN is a more diverse brand. It's spread out over more products over there.

CNN, a part of the Time Warner company, lives for news about everything and anyone. In the office, the bosses openly discuss the need for a diverse staff and diverse stories, and each time we draw new viewers, the effort intensifies.

I watch some CNN and a lot of Fox, because it helps me get irritated.