Who are these people who wake up and think, “let’s write about this”. Deep instinct tells me they are not good actors. Or they are missing that piece of their brain where they have any kind of shame, that they never reflect on their past “opinions”.

There is that, maybe well known, story of a certainly well known ballerina who binned an interview with a journalist because she remembered the journalist had slated her early in her career. The journalist was hurt and upset and didn’t know the reason for the cancellation, but of course didn’t remember being cruel about this upcoming artist all those years ago.

However, the counterpoint is it’s important to have people to do that societal and social commentary and reporting. One would hope for them to remember what they wrote, and the least we can ask if for them not to be written word prostitutes.