Journalism under fire

I don’t want to claim too much for our craft; because we journalists are human, our work is shot through with the stain of fallibility that taints the species. But I don’t want to claim too little for our craft, either.

- Bill Moyers

Part biography, part reprimand, part love letter to the promise of his profession—this speech at a Society of Professional Journalists conference on September 11 will be referred to for years to come by those who are worried about the state of journalism