Janet Malcolm

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Janet Malcolm was a prominent American author and journalist known for her incisive and often controversial work for The New Yorker. Her writing frequently explored the complex relationships between journalists and their subjects, questioning the very nature of objective truth in reporting. Malcolm's seminal book, 'The Journalist and the Murderer,' famously began with the provocative line, 'Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.' Throughout her career, she challenged literary and journalistic conventions, earning both critical acclaim and intense debate for her meta-journalistic style and psychological depth.

Jan 08, 1934 - Jun 16, 2021 American 12 Quotes

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