But there's nothing wrong with that. Journalism is often mean-spirited and sleazy. A journalist is supposed to shine a light in a dark place; when you do that, often when you uncover is maggots, worms, and eyeless, leprous monsters covered with slime. Spend a lot of time hanging around with maggots, worms and eyeless slime-monsters, and you run the risk that you will yourself become something unfit for polite company.

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