In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that's not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock.
Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.
Reality is an aspect of property. It must be seized. And investigative journalism is the noble art of seizing reality back from the powerful.
I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.
There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.
Whistleblowers often take very significant efforts to bring us material and often at very significant risks.
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
