You want a picture of a fat person on page one, and I say that it's going to do more harm than good. I believe you wonder then whether you're crossing the journalistic line there. A.The bottom line is that we've got one crack at the reader. You've got to give it your best punch. You've got to put something in to get people interested and not just sort of fool themselves.
People are just so busy.
A fat person is not a best shot. Bill Kovach, Nieman Foundation CuratorThe interesting thing about Stan, I think, in the context of journalism, is that we're talking very often about the issue of a point of view versus this phenomenon, whatever it is, of objectivity. I think that it's worth noting that precisely whether you like or don't like what he does, he's creative about it in the context of American journalism. I'm always fighting this. I'm always getting pressure to make things this or that.