:16:02
Couldn't say it very clear, huh?
:16:05
This is just another one of
your little stunts, isn't it?
:16:07
You dig a hole, everybody else falls in,
and you walk away feeling superior.
:16:11
Not me, pal. Not this time.
:16:17
- Good morning, The National.
- Anna Redmond, please.
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She writes a column at your paper, remember?
:16:24
Hi, this is Anna Redmond.
I can't come to the phone right now.
:16:28
Do you know that experiments
on rats have shown that
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they recognize the truth far more
quicker than journalists?
:16:34
And with a wee bit of training a squid will
demonstrate a deeper grasp of moral principles.
:16:40
You were only doing your job, and you didn't
know you were going to turn out to be a petty assassin.
:16:46
You really wanted to be a nurse in Africa,
but you failed the medical.
:16:51
I'm sure you're not there. You're probably
away giving the kiss of life to some fucking panda.
:16:57
The fact is, modern journalism sucks.
:17:01
Does it? I'm not so sure.
:17:03
Of course it does. You told me it does.
That was before you became editor.
:17:07
Look at this. Some little twerp three weeks out
of high school telling the world what he thinks.
:17:12
It's all opinion and narcissism.
What's happened to reporting?
:17:16
Three years ago I used to report,
I used to write stories.
:17:19
- I was in Washington, Moscow, Beijing.
- You stuffed up Moscow.
:17:23
I had food poisoning, I missed the coup.
Do you think that makes me feel good?
:17:27
The fact is I was writing stories.
:17:28
Where am I now?
I'm on talkback radio, writing columns.
:17:32
Is that the column?
:17:34
Yes.
:17:38
It's not journalism.
It looks like it, but it's not.
:17:42
- You're a woman of influence.
- I'm a woman of attitude.
:17:46
- You know what your trouble is?
- Being patronised? Being asked rhetorical questions?
:17:50
You're very exciting when you're like this.
:17:52
- I don't know why we haven't slept together.
- I do.
:17:56
The reporter. Report. Go after a story,
I'm not going to stop you.