Quotes About Transparency

I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance.

I don't want to be cosy with the guy who I know isn't saying the truth to the viewer.

If there is something I don't know and I suspect that I need clarification and so does the viewer, I just ask for it.

As an interviewer, I don't think you can dance around the subject. Certainly the interview subject knows if you are dancing, and the viewer knows that you are dancing. If it's a hard question, you just have to ask it.

I want to be honest about my faith, but not preachy, for my viewers and my readers.

I'm not out to max my income. I think my viewers would call me on that right away if I did.

When you have Candidate A saying the sky is blue, and Candidate B saying it's a cloudy day, I look outside and I see, well, it's a cloudy day. I should be able to tell my viewers, 'Candidate A is wrong, Candidate B is right,' and not have to say, 'Well, you decide.' Then it would be like I'm an idiot.

When I have something to say or share with my viewers, I turn to my blog, and even then, I make it clear that it is my take on certain events.

There's a genuineness that I hope I offer to viewers.

For me, the biggest thing I've learned is how to be myself and the fact that viewers actually want to feel like they're getting to know you as a person. They value you because you're a reporter and you're bringing them new information, but they also want to feel like they get a sense of your sense of humor and what things you're interested in.

I've always tried to be as open as possible, and I just hope that viewers can appreciate that.

What can I ask the owner that I won't ask the GM that I won't ask the coach that I won't ask a player? I want to get something for the viewers at home.

When you've got people taking opposite positions just to create a debate, viewers can see through it.

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.

As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents.

I like transparency. I love to have views throughout the house.

I don't think a system or a government should fear critical opinions or views. Only by heeding those critical views would it be possible for us to further improve our work and make further progress.

I do serve on various boards and I'm very honest and frank, obviously. I am a very forthright person and I do, sort of, share my candid views on anything.

I have strong views, and I can't imagine not ever being honest about those views.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

A lot of other bands have tried to go out there and say we've got views on this and views on that. But some of it I've found opportunist. Duran Duran has always been honest about everything. We've always laid everything out.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

People know more about my views than they do about most BBC presenters because I had a life before becoming a BBC presenter.