She takes a scholarly look at this great writer's journalism during World War Two, raising some questions about journalists working today.
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"In an editorial published on September 1, 1944, for example, Camus elaborated on his concept of the journalist: 'He is first of all a person who is supposed to have ideas .… He is also a person who every day takes it upon himself to inform the public about the events of the day before. In short, he is a historian of the moment, and truth must be his primary concern.'
"But for both historians and journalists 'truth' can be complicated—and disturbing."
In your opinion, who are the best wartime journalists working today? Who will our kids be reading in high school when they read about the Iraq War? Who do we trust with our truth?
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