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What Real Journalism Should Be
from Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou) · #136
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3 minBuilding on the guest stories, Tim argues real journalists should be feared by power, not chummy with it, and praises Mark Eliyahu's Russian mafia episode as an example of the show's format at its best.
- 13:53Tim describes having Mark Eliaudion on the podcast to discuss his book about the Russian mafia and separating myths from reality.
- 14:34Real journalists should not be chummy with people in power or invited to cocktail parties by their subjects.
- 14:55The job of journalism is to get between powerful people and the public, scrutinizing claims and providing a service democracy needs.
- 15:37Tim's podcast at its best was talking to people who wrote books that changed his perspective on historical events and truth-telling.
- 16:16Telling the truth in society comes with a price; the rewards are greater for playing along and playing the game.
- 16:29Tim clarifies that not every conspiracy theorist is right, and many YouTube streamers making money with sloppy claims are clowns.
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