I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

The feed then switched to Dallas with Barker reporting about the incident and the meeting that was to take place. I was and I am proud of it. ".

He reported many events from 1937 to 1981 including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War;Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the murders of President John F. Kennedy civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr.