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I think many are in denial even after the Trump years, and many don’t see their roles as being advocates. I will always remember Mike Wallace saying that if he were covering a battle and there was an injured soldier he could help he wouldn’t because that wasn’t his job; he was there to cover the story not get involved in any way. Didn’t …
I think many are in denial even after the Trump years, and many don’t see their roles as being advocates. I will always remember Mike Wallace saying that if he were covering a battle and there was an injured soldier he could help he wouldn’t because that wasn’t his job; he was there to cover the story not get involved in any way. Didn’t realize being a journalist meant cutting off your humanity (yes that is sarcasm). Of course caring can go too far, like George Packer’s screed on the Afghanistan withdrawal in the Atlantic.