I always feel slightly depressed after listening to David Simon talk about the state of the world today, but the man always say something worthwhile to say. Here he testifies before Congress on the death of the newspaper industry:
Reporting was the hardest and, in some ways, most gratifying job I ever had. I’m offended to think that anyone anywhere believes American monoliths, as insulated, self-preserving and self-justifying as police departments, school systems, legislatures and chief executives, can be held to gathered facts by amateurs presenting the task—pursuing the task without compensation, training or, for that matter, sufficient standing to make public officials even care who it is they’re lying to or who they’re withholding information from.
The whole thing’s worth your time. Via Gerry Canavan.
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