"Every journalist who is not too stupid or full of himself to notice what is going on knows that was he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse....Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about free speech and "the public's right to know"; the least talented talk about Art; the seemliest murmur about earning a living."
-Janet Malcom, The Journalist and The Murderer
-Janet Malcom, The Journalist and The Murderer
I don't know how I justify it. I don't think I've had to yet. I just started Malcom's book. It's a good, short read.
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