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It is both an honour and a privilege to be asked to lead NBC News. The power of the brand, the scale of the legacy, the depth of the talent all make this organisation truly great.

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.

When I first started out, I really felt like, 'I'm a journalist; I will be respected as a neutral observer.' And I don't feel like that holds true anymore. I don't think people respect journalists the same way they once did.

My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.

To win respect, the networks seem to feel they have to keep absurdly overstating their anchors' reporting cred.

I've always talked to the media. I'm pretty respectful to the media.

I recognized... very, very early on that ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News were dependent on The Associated Press and Reuters. So my daily intake of information is from watching the newswires.

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

It's not about 'NBC is evil.' It's about that media structure - CBS, ABC, CNN, even some of the smaller operations are now multinationals, with these extraordinarily diverse holdings.

I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me.