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:date: 2012-09-15 16:51:38
:author: bnewbold
:category: quote
:slug: 2012-09-15-the-career-trend-of-too-many-pentagon-journalists
:status: published

The career trend of too many Pentagon journalists typically arrives at
the same vanishing point: Over time they are co-opted by a combination
of awe — interacting so closely with the most powerfully romanticized
force of violence in the history of humanity — and the admirable and
seductive allure of the sharp, amazingly focused demeanor of highly
trained military minds. Top military officers have their s\*\*\*
together and it’s personally humbling for reporters who’ve never served
to witness that kind of impeccable competence. These unspoken factors,
not to mention the inner pull of reporters’ innate patriotism, have
lured otherwise smart journalists to abandon – justifiably in their
minds – their professional obligation to treat all sources equally and
skeptically.

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`pynter.org <http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/106536/letter-lack-of-wikileaks-coverage-disturbing-but-not-surprising/>`__,
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