Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. 1934
Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and ‘the public’s right to know’; the least talented talk about Art; the seemliest murmur about earning a living.
source: Janet Malcolm (2011). “The Journalist And The Murderer”, p.14, Granta Books
topic: Art, Freedom Of Speech, Earning, Earning A Living, Pompous