We decided that some of the “greatest” journalists of all time are in fact just the luckiest. Only their best is remembered, but a lot of their work would now be considered the worst of the worst. Journalism today is not a fallen profession and it isn’t a perfected one, either. But it’s getting better. We still write a rough draft of history, only now it’s a more scrupulous and accountable one than ever before because we have nowhere to hide. Everything we do is recorded.
