Often it has been that reporter who has most skillfully played the access game — the one who has curried just enough favor with the powerful newsmaker to be smiled upon, without giving up basic credibility and integrity. That's access journalism. Accountability journalism, by contrast, is often performed off to the side, by those who don't have to deal with the news provider on a regular basis.


Journalists in the age of Trump: Lose the smugness, keep the mission. (November 29, 2016)

Margaret Sullivan Quotes

Often it has been that reporter who has most skillfully played the access game — the one who has curried just enough favor with the powerful...

Often it has been that reporter who has most skillfully played the access game — the one who has curried just enough favor with the powerful...

Often it has been that reporter who has most skillfully played the access game — the one who has curried just enough favor with the powerful...

Often it has been that reporter who has most skillfully played the access game — the one who has curried just enough favor with the powerful...