Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notic…

Janet Malcolm
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Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what 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. ✨ The Journalist and the Murderer pt. 1 (1990)
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