Do student journalists really understand the importance of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable? Are they dedicated to the principles that guide the true believers? Or are they going into the business for other reasons? Can't imagine what those would be. Certainly not the money. . .There was a prestige factor right after Watergate when Woodward and Bernstein were the heroes of the moment, but now, reporters aren't exactly respected. Actually, many of them aren't exactly reporters. Most news organizations don't have the budget for detailed investigations or the travel budget to send reporters all over the map. You can only do so much over the phone or the Internet. So the inherent attraction must be something else. I hope it's the kind of idealism we all felt in the days we were knee deep in the hoopla. . .
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