@MLClark Ah, okay, thank you.

(I paid for the #NYTimes subscription, I might as well use it. 😉)

@WordsmithFL

Oh, definitely! There are benefits to posting both mediums - and it's important to keep the conversation going no matter what.

@MLClark A certain writing muse sparked an idea in my head a couple days ago about what happens when the written medium no longer exists. So yay print, even if digital, even if it's the #NYTimes which tries to placate both sides rather than do good journalism (but I digress).

@WordsmithFL

For me, listening to the journalist talk about the work means learning more about the limits of what's knowable (e.g., the struggle to acquire the info made available in that article), and why it's so hard to report on these issues in general.

The journalist was also asked at the end if this work makes him cynical, and he gave a good answer. It's certainly difficult to be reporting on grifters all the time - but important work, if we want to see them face consequences in time.

@MLClark I will give it a listen. I've had many reporter friends over the years. I've helped bring down the rich, powerful, and corrupt on more than one occasion. I didn't feel cynical. i felt righteous.

As Martin Luther King once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."

@WordsmithFL

Probably not necessary to listen if you've already read the article. I'm just sharing the benefit I get from listening to journalists talk about their work - but that's probably also part of being a writer, thinking about the process behind the written word.

I don't really believe in King's statement - too much historical recursion - but I know we have to act like it's true to get us over the despair sometimes. Thank you for your hard work making a difference where you could.

@MLClark When I read the article, I thought of the fraudulent #Trump Foundation.

It's a shame that Elon went off the rails. He was always "quirky" but now he's just malevolent.