wrote articles that i wasn't exactly pleased with. but the reality of it is what's the alternative? i mean, you have a state run paper like in china or like in russia? you know, that's not good at the end of the day. so even though there's that criticism that sometimes people on my side of the camera don't always like it's essential to our democracy. and it's foundational. it was foundational to the creation of this country and it's embedded in the constitution. that's how important the founding fathers thought it was, so we need to defend it even though we don't like what's coming out. >> all right. you know, speaking of that, i wonder how you felt about the nbc debate. did you like how it was handled? you didn't get as much speaking time as the other candidates and there was the weird technical glitch on night one where you were. how do you think nbc fared? >> you know, it was tough. i mean, i got a few suggestions i'd probably make. but i was pleased we got time.