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diff --git a/journal_import/2012-09-15-the-career-trend-of-too-many-pentagon-journalists.rst b/journal_import/2012-09-15-the-career-trend-of-too-many-pentagon-journalists.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aba74dc --- /dev/null +++ b/journal_import/2012-09-15-the-career-trend-of-too-many-pentagon-journalists.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Quote +##### +: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. + +— +`pynter.org <http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/106536/letter-lack-of-wikileaks-coverage-disturbing-but-not-surprising/>`__, +via rmo + +.. raw:: html + + </p> |