“Don’t give away the papaya.”

April 20, 2023 10:34 AM

There was another factor I hated to acknowledge as a freelance journalist. The work biases me toward odd and surprising narratives, the more dangerous the potential story, the more powerful its draw. This sensibility can be helpful when finding and exposing wrongdoing. But there are also those occasions when I only catch myself behaving like an aggressive and mercenary cynic. from Bad Tape by Dan Hernandez
posted by chavenet (3 comments total)

This was a charming essay. Thanks for sharing it!
posted by potrzebie at 5:47 PM on April 20, 2023 [1 favorite]

Lovely!
posted by monkeymike at 8:30 PM on April 20, 2023 [1 favorite]

I enjoyed the misdirection of the tape. Badness? The Ring?!
posted by doctornemo at 7:46 AM on April 21, 2023 [1 favorite]