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Did I say that the President’s entire job is image management? Of course not.

My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, ‘okay, if that’s what you want’. And he was a very good guest. That’s a real exception to the rule.

I definitely feel like my blog is going edgy to broad and boring.

Look, obviously that was – created quite a firestorm, but Newsweek editors have made clear that this was a situation where, you know, a solid, well-placed source provided some information.

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel’s uniform, it tells you something.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

I know the pundits and the news media have carried a lot of commentary about cameras in the courtroom, and there’s a lot of controversy about it as a result of the Simpson case. But I have not had enough time to step back and enough time to evaluate that.

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.

The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we’re desperate not to have on the show.

What we have to do is put this in a coherent form for them at the end of the day, and on the big events, give them the kind of context that they deserve.