various screens of secrecy, it’s really the toughest kind of reporting there is. And after the financial meltdown in 2008, The Times, and I was very involved in this series, did a series called ‘The Reckoning,’ where we really did try to hold specific individuals and institutions very specifically accountable for very specific wrongdoing in those cases. And, you know, it’s discouraging now these years later to see that the actual prosecution, for what seemed to me like egregious criminal acts in many cases, were either settled away or most people walked away. But I still think even if the political system fails and there aren’t immediate results that there is value in raising people’s awareness and that that is the job of journalism.
Yes- this investigative journalism calls for action and is an type of "news" that encourages it. And while you'd hope the outcome would be satisfactory, its almost the act of challenging something in print that's the real victory. It's out there; it's forever known. Of course, it can easily be buried by corporations in settlements and other less important media scandals but the integrity, even if its a little tone deaf at times.