I Don't Expect Us To Cover All

I Think Sometimes We Lose Sight Of How Powerful We Are When We Put Someone On The News - For Good Or Bad. It Can Really Change People's Lives.

As Americans We Rightfully Place Tremendous Value On Having A Free And Independent Press. Our Role As Journalists Is To Give Voice To The Voiceless, And Hold Our Leaders And Institutions Accountable. But The Circle Is Only Completed When That Information Is Consumed By A Free Thinking And Engaged Audience.

Mr. [donald] Trump, For Five Years, You Perpetuated A False Claim That The Nation's First Black President Was Not A Natural-born Citizen. You Questioned His Legitimacy. In The Last Couple Of Weeks, You Acknowledged What Most Americans Have Accepted For Years: The President Was Born In The United States.

You Have To Go Where The Story Is To Report On It. As A Journalist, You're Essentially Running To Things That Other People Are Running Away From.

I'll Co-host Today From Los Angeles Saturday Morning And Then Make My Way Up To Merced For That Evening's Graduation Ceremony. I'm Still Touching Up My Remarks, But My Challenge To The Class Of 2010 Will Be To Break Through The Deafening And Too Often Negative Echo Chamber Of The Digital Era And Become Critical And Independent Thinkers.