Journalism today is bloody and bruised at the hands of an authoritarian who, as with all authoritarians, is inconvenienced by the truth and attacks legitimate media speaking that truth. Journalism is not dead, however. Take The Atlantic under Editor Jeffrey Goldberg. The magazine has hit its stride just when we need as much no-punches-pulled reporting as possible. Sarah Fitzpatrick's recent reporting about the current FBI director for The Atlantic is as essential as it is painful. She earned her investigative journalism chops at NBC News and 60 Minutes. She teaches investigative journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of journalism, as well, undoubtedly inspiring and equipping new generations of tough-minded journalists. Two recent Atlantic pieces by Fitzpatrick illuminate repeated cases of astonishingly bad judgment on the part of the FBI director. These are meticulously researched stories from many current and former FBI and Justice Department sources. The results of this...
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