Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 31, 1979
July 30, 1979
August 01, 1979
Transcript:
Rick: David, before we go on, I gotta ask you - do you really believe in this journalist-as-star nonsense? David Halberstam: God, no! It's the worst thing that can happen to both journalism and the public! Rick: But your books are a monument to just that adulation! Halberstam: Maybe. Debatable. Subject to debate, but I think I see your point... what you're saying is that the celebration of the journalist is corrupting, that when he becomes bigger, much bigger than his story, it does not heighten his effectiveness, it diminishes it, right? Rick: Exactly. Take Woodward and Bernstein... Halberstam: Gods. I kiss their Guccis.
