I don't like blurring lines between news and editorial. If Cooper and the others are working out their search for meaning in life on the air, that is not the role of a journalist.
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And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional role as watchdogs of power into institutions of power themselves with an ability, indeed, a susceptibility, to abuse that power.Joan Konner
Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and the special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.
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This life isn't bad for a first draft.
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Think of ideas as a beat. To change a mind is to change the world.
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Procrastination gives you something to look forward to.
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