The real horror, to me, lies in the fact that there is absolutely no vehicle in American journalism for the kind of “sensitive” and “intellectual” and essentially moral/merciless reporting that we all understand is necessary–not only for the survival of good journalism in this country, but for the dying idea that you can walk up to a newsstand (or a mag-rack in Missoula) and find something that will tell you what is really happening…
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (The Gonzo Letters, Vol II, 1968-1976).
