“It is all too natural for people who have been wronged or humiliated-- or feel they have been-- to harbor the fantasy that a writer will come along on a white steed and put everything to rights. As MacDonald v McGinniss illustrates, the writer who comes along is apt to only make things worse. What gives journalism its authenticity and vitality is the tension between the subject's blind self-absorption and the journalist's skepticism. Journalists who swallow the subject's account whole and publish it are not journalists but publicists.” JournalismJournalistsThe Journalist And The MurdererJanet MalcolmJeffrey Macdonald Author:Janet Malcom
“Todo periodista que no sea tan estúpido o engreído como para no ver la realidad sabe que lo que hace es moralmente indefendible. El periodista es una especie de hombre de confianza, que explota la vanidad, la ignorancia o la soledad de las personas, que se gana la confianza de éstas para luego traicionarlas sin remordimiento alguno.” Periodismo Author:Janet Malcom