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The Mad Monk
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of Ice Cream
Mar 2000
time: 23:32
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Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Y'know ... perhaps you're simply too jaded to care about much anymore, or maybe you've been burned once too often, but I do take my profession seriously. It's not just a 9-to-5 job (in my case, a 3-to-midnight job). I don't take the responsibilities I'm given as a member of the fourth estate lightly. Neither do the men and women I work with. The vast majority of us strive to do the right thing, and we've been imprisoned for it, tortured for it, and *killed* because of it. Most of us don't make big bucks, nor do we get the publicity the media "superstars" get.
It *enrages* me when public relations flacks and those with agendas masquerade as journalists. It also disheartens me beyond belief when people cannot or will not make the distinction between real, honest to God journalists and the *fakes* when leveling criticism or throwing barbs. But you know what? We persevere, because if we didn't, then *you* would find out what it's really like to live in a society where freedom of information is truly lacking.
If what I say makes me look like some naive dumbsh*t in certain matters, then so be it. Life isn't a popularity game.
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Actually, I was refering to the slow train wreck that is the New York Times. 
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12-12-2003 02:15
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