I don't think you have worked with journalists in the sense that I use the word. When I use the term its with trained news gatherers, who go to great lengths to cover a subject, and have an approach to objectivity and fact-checking when they present their work - and follow-up as corrections (inevitable at some point) are required.
When you bring in organizations like the NYT/WaPo/etc to this, you will find layers of process and rigor to ensure any story is held to high standards, facts are verified and substantiated.
Yes, the process can break and is not perfect, but it generally works. Facts often speak for themselves.
As one person once told me (I'm paraphrasing): good journalists don't just write and publish. It's like when a developer writes code directly on production - you don't do that. Instead there are unit tests, code review, editing, testing, and then its deployed. Journalism institutions have their own versions of this.
Look at the story of how Greenwald parted ways with The Intercept. It was because he wouldn't follow that journalistic process. He said he was above being 'edited' and free to make any claim he wanted without substantiating it - those are the people you need to be careful of.
- https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/glenn-greenwald-resigns-...
- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/inside-glenn-greenwa...
- https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-int...
I don't know how to be any more clear than "can you call yourself that when the show is named after you?", without getting very specific. I'll make another generalization that you'll hate: "journalists" are incredibly vindictive. So I'll not be getting specific.
> I don't think you have worked with journalists in the sense that I use the word.
Oh, you mean people like Kurt Eichenwald... well I have, but not to the same extent.
It is accurate to describe the events leading up to Greenwald's departure as the "journalistic process", but that doesn't reflect as positively on the profession as you seem to think:
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/emails-with-intercept-edito...
Separate from all that, in terms of the phrase "can you call yourself that when the show is named after you?" - I have zero idea what this reference is - can you explain?
