"Are you a journalist or a businessman?"

Melany 2022-03-21 09:01:43

Organizations exist to achieve a certain purpose, and are created to break through the limitations of individual capabilities. The larger the organization, the more members, and the more things it can accomplish. However, the larger the organization, the higher the cost. This forms a paradox. The larger the organization, the better.

There is a cost to doing anything, and when the cost exceeds the limit that the institution can bear, it becomes virtually impossible to accomplish. CBS "60 Minutes" could have enough resources to obtain Jeffrey's testimony, support him to bypass the Kentucky ban, and hire a security company to provide security for him, which is impossible for a single reporter to do. However, when the news broadcast may be retaliated by the tobacco giant, CBS cannot support such a high cost, the video was refrigerated for a time, and Luo Wei, who insisted that the news value was higher than the safety of the company, was also exiled.

"Are you a newsman or a businessman?" Newsman pursues truth, businessman pursues profit, and the two cannot always be unified. The stronger the institution, the more likely it is to provide space for press freedom and not do pornography. Under the protection of CBS, journalists can let go of their hands and feet to do news, but there is no end to the nest, and some people have to become businessmen to maintain the existence of media organizations. In fact, there is nothing wrong with being a businessman. Organizations can do things that individuals can’t do, and can provide protection when individuals can’t support them. Some people have to temporarily let go of their pride and make roofs and walls. However, organizations have institutional constraints. The gatekeeper is always there. As a result, more and more media people integrate their resources and choose to go it alone, with less protection and more freedom, and use asymmetric advantages to fight against regulation. Television stations and newspapers are both institutions, and the Internet has given independent journalists more channels of communication.

Whether staying in an institution or choosing to go it alone, it is always good to seek the truth.

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  • Lysanne 2022-04-23 07:01:45

    A classic Hollywood commercial based on true events, it objectively recreates a difficult moral war with impeccable cinematography, music and performance. Freedom of the press and even human rights are relative. In some places, it can be defended by the courage and ability that individuals lack. In some places, it has gradually become impossible to pursue or defend it, especially when excessive centralization and self-interest coexist. Below is a barren society without moral angst.

  • Alexis 2022-01-26 08:15:20

    Two movie stars I like very much, but I don’t like the film very much. It can be felt from the movie that Americans respect the individual. It is a shady, but can Nima be a shady in China?

The Insider quotes

  • Lowell Bergman: I am trying to protect you, man.

    Jeffrey Wigand: Well I hope you improve your batting average.

  • Jeffrey Wigand: How did a radical journalist from Ramparts Magazine end up at CBS?

    Lowell Bergman: I still do the tough stories. 60 Minutes reaches a lot of people.