Mark Halperin

And I've been there.

I've been there 30 times or so.

And I just just love everything about it.

I mean, I have views about things and some positions that would maybe put me more left or right, but I really think my obligation as a member of this small group of people is to hold all powerful interests accountable to the public interest and to keep my opinions out of it.

You know, there's asymmetries that sometimes cause people to think I'm one or the other.

The dominant media is liberally biased.

They're not conservatively biased.

They're not sometimes liberally biased.

They're liberally biased.

So I call that out.

But there are people, and people not just in social media, but people who know me well who are Republicans who say I'm liberal and Democrats who say I'm conservative.

So I'm really not – it's not a game.

It's not a trick.

It's not a –

It's not some hide the ball effort.

I just, I'm assiduously interested in holding everybody accountable, telling everybody's story.

And I really do defy anyone.

And some people say to me, I watch your show and you're such a big liberal, or I watch your show and you're such a big conservative.

And I do the same thing every time and say,

Give me some specifics.