• Ziege_Bock [any]
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    2 years ago

    access granted in exchange for favor rather than access earned as a function of rigor and time.

    Access granted to Trump and granted by Trump, who we all know is deeply affected by "rigor and time". She's a journo who's camped out on Trump scoops, she's his tool of issuing press statements and in return she gets to call him up and ask him how he's doing. I bet she wouldn't have any "detractors," if her and her colleagues just admitted that their line of work is transactional and mercenary rather than some public service.

    Woodward and Bernstein covering Water Gate was a vicious blow to the field of journalism. Once the position of journalist became a station of some respect, it was reduced to sinecures and vanity jobs for rich kids.