If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show.
One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.
I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.
People essentially like local news better than network news.
The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.
People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.