Yes, he decided what the most important truth was. Sometimes you had to prioritize. That was his job. News about minutiae wasn’t news. And yes, he sold it to the public. That was how he made a living. And yes, doing good work elevated his reputation. So why had he felt so attacked? Because, while she’d captured the transactional nature of his business, she’d missed the moral duty that came with it, the need for the public to have a champion for the truth. That was why he did what he did.
