Sharyl Attkisson

They still do good stories and can continue to do great journalism with other people, you know, other producers and other reporters.

There's not a short supply of people who want to do great journalism.

They're just not allowed to do that the way they used to be at the networks.

I couldn't now because I'm in contract.

I'm doing at least one more year of my TV program, number one.

Number two, I did get a call about a year ago asking about my availability for a leadership role at CBS, CNN, Washington Post, Berkeley School of Graduate Journalism, and ABC.

You know, they're all, this is what's talking to me, but good.

They want to, I'm talking about the corporate executive level, not the newsroom.

As I said, they want to tug their organizations back closer to the middle.

They know they have a problem.

But as I told the person that I was speaking to about these opportunities, this is going to take somebody, I hope Barry Weiss can do it, that can stand up and then get the support as the, as internally she is murdered, you know, symbolically by those who don't want to change.

she's got to stand firm and continue to get the support of the higher ups, despite the publicity that will be generated against her and everything else.

That's a tough job that I didn't think I could do time wise and everything else.

I hope she can.

And I would love to do stories for 60 minutes, you know, in some capacity, if I weren't committed to something else, because I do, I do believe in them and the mission and the program is, is awesome.

And I think it, it will survive.

And I think,

They're thinking about the way to make it survive and be better, which is great.

That's right.

She's got to be tough, tough, tough.