Exclusive! The David Simon journalism test

Posted at: Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 10:59 am

In the end, after spending more than a few minutes reading the background that produced the Jim Haner post below, I think I know what enrages David Simon about his former colleague.

(Hitsville has been critical enough of Simon of late to warrant making clear here I am not being ironic.)

It’s a feeling certain journalists have about certain other journalists. You can be a serious, highly ethical professional and not feel it, but those that do know the feeling know what it means.

Curious? I am happy to be able to provide a test you can take at home. It’s for entertainment purposes only. Five years after the Baltimore stories cited above, Haner wrote a book about his experiences as a kids soccer coach. The Washington (D.C.) City Paper, which is not related to the Baltimore one, published a short feature about it. The test resides in the first paragraph of that story.


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