The journalist and the murderer
by Janet Malcolm · first published 1990
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Explores the psychopathology of journalism.
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…lying/manipulation? "Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible." Janet Malcolm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journalist_and_the_Murderer
on “The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit” ↗…widow who wakes up one day to find the charming young man and all her savings gone, so the consenting subject of a piece of nonfiction learns - when the article or book appears - his hard lesson. - The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcolm
on “The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving” ↗…that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. From her book The Journalist and The Murderer
on “Journalism's trust problem is about money, not politics” ↗