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I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

We have rights in America. In tandem with those rights, we have responsibility. Whatever type of journalist we are, whether it be in the entertainment business, or as professional journalists, we always have the consequences of the way we present fact and information.

It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these freedoms, limits that often come into play when national security is threatened.

The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

Americans deserve journalists who provide responsible, objective reporting.

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment.