Going all a-Twitter

Oh, that is Puff Daddy, don't worry, it's not an impersonator.

Is he Puff Daddy still? I think you're in early 2006.

Why don't you quit your job and start a website?

I'm not that computer-savvy. And, uh, I dunno! I like the immediacy of television. I like going to a frontline, I like going to a story. I like the immediacy and impact of it. There's a real global impact with CNN.

You do have mass distribution, which is nice. Fair enough.

It's not really about mass distribution. It's more about just telling stories that affect people's lives. . . . There's a lot of opportunities at CNN that if I had a little website somewhere I don't think I could take part in.

Arianna and Tina would tell you different.

I don't have the energy of Arianna Huffington or Tina Brown.

No one does, they're psychotic. What's the most under-covered story of '08?

I think the war in Afghanistan. It's very difficult, very dangerous, costs a lot of money to cover it. For myself, I've been planning trips to Afghanistan this past year, and each time it's gotten canceled or postponed because of the election.

It'll still be going on.

I also am obsessed with the situation in the Eastern Congo. Not many people are. It's the deadliest conflict since World War II. It's up to 5 1/2 or 6 million people who've died in the last 10 years. And virtually no one has covered it. . . . The mass rapes in the Congo. . . . I just can't help but believe that if that people knew about it there'd be a huge uproar. Tens of thousands of women have been raped, and the majority of them have been gang-raped.

That's why I'm saying, quit your job. You can do all that -- and no election.

There's plenty of blogs that write about Eastern Congo, and how many of them have you actually read? You're citing Arianna Huffington and Tina Brown -- both have huge money behind them and a staff of great writers and they're both incredibly talented people. But I actually like going to stories.

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