Source: Tri-City Herald
by Kevin D Williamson
“[T]here was a time when partisan journalists cared more about being journalists than about being partisans, and when the political world, not yet straitened by neurotic tribalism, made room for complicated figures such as Nat Hentoff and Joan Didion. But we live in a time of neurotic political tribalism, which leads journalists to subordinate their professional obligations to their rootin’ interest in one team or another. The era of the honest partisan is, I fear, behind us …. I have lost count of how many times I have been told by somebody who doesn’t understand what I do for a living that I ‘don’t speak for anybody.’ Of course I don’t. I’m not running for office. I don’t want your vote. I’m not your friend or your advocate or your tribune. I speak to, not for.” (10/28/24)
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/us-viewpoints/article294648619.html