{"id":8411,"date":"2015-05-26T11:02:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2024-09-11T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:09:26","slug":"how-investigative-journalists-vindicate-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/26\/how-investigative-journalists-vindicate-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"How Investigative Journalists Vindicate Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some folks wonder sometimes about the purpose of journalism. Well, sometimes barking is its own reward.\u00a0 The real problem is not the journalists that bark but those that grovel at the feet of govt. officials awaiting a pat on the head or a &#8220;scoop&#8221; that serves only Leviathan.<\/p>\n<p>h\/t to Patrick McDonnell for another great cartoon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Some folks wonder sometimes about the purpose of journalism. 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