I really hate this mentality, and I've heard others besides AOC say it. I've heard supposedly "real" journalists say it, and it's terribly corrupting. Every journalist who says this should be fired. It's not because truth shouldn't be spoken to power. It's because it's ultimately and in practice a limitation on the truth. All you have to do is decide someone lacks power, and you justify not telling the truth. If you have to qualify telling the truth, you're dishonest at the core. You're not a journalist or any kind of purveyor of truth. You're a fraud shilling for an agenda.
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