We chatted about the movie; about how Hollywood had, amazingly, not messed up this reenactment of the Globe's exposé of the pedophilia scandal in the Catholic Church — how, in fact, the filmmakers had accurately captured the reality of diligent, dedicated, nuts-and-bolts journalism.
Whether we like it or not, we need the media to expose the truth – after all, the Leveson inquiry's existence is largely down to the Guardian's dogged investigative journalism rather than any diligent police work.
For a variety of reasons, including but not limited to downsizing, an increasingly insular culture, and a shift to a star system that serves to hollow out the middle of the profession, journalism became both less diligent about maintaining quality and hungrier for free content (an appetite greatly expanded by online forums).
Henry Luce, the cofounder of Time, wrote in his will that Time had "a responsibility to operate for the public good". My hope is that, because he does share Time's core value system, Benioff will figure out how to restore the Time brand, focusing on the great journalism, in-depth reporting, and diligent fact-checking that are part of its iconic heritage.
And Séamus Dooley, the union's Irish secretary, said he had been "a skilled ombudsman, extremely diligent in the conduct of his duties and fiercely independent while always being supportive of journalists and journalism".
Thanks to generations of diligent, over-achieving librarians, The New Yorker possesses one of the richest, most diverse, and most accessible archives in journalism.
All were diligent exercisers.
