Tina Brown

Why are they doing it?

Why are they going to these war zones?

They're not doing it for money.

So actually, our profession is full of heroes, is the truth, and they're doing it in an unsung way, and they're dying for it very often, and they're being harassed and hassled for it.

But they are so rigorous, many of them, and they care so much.

I mean, yesterday on our stage, we had so many.

That's right.

And I mean, that is the horrible part, which is that

Well, I would argue also that, yes, there is a huge amount of that.

And you could argue, yes, you can only be as brave as you're allowed to be, right, by your owners.

But that is, of course, where independent media is coming into that breach.

And they're leaving in droves.

I mean, it's amazing how, you know, the Washington Post was taken over by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, who essentially destroyed it.

I mean, you know, he really has.

I mean, his desire to kind of curry favor with Trump now.

and make it into an absolute mouthpiece in terms of its opinion side, the actual investigative style is still okay.

But the journalists wouldn't have it.

They just poured out.

Journalists, the best ones, actually just won't do it.

And I think that's admirable.