![And it's a necessity [for journalists] to pretend to be competent on every subject, some of which they really do not understand. They are under that necessity, I regret; I'm sorry for them. But to pretend to understand all the things you write about, and habitually to write about things you do not understand, is a very corrupting thing.](/assets/img/quote-photos/and-its-a-necessity-for-journalists-to-pretend-to-be-competent-on-every-subjec.jpg)
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