back when journos werent the absolute scum of the earth

Samuel Pepys- the Original Journ*list

>write about what you eat, drink and what time you go to bed

>brag about being one of the first owners of an alarm clock

>kiss-and-tell about all the actresses you banged and write reviews of London's hookers

>be honest about the mind-fricking amounts you lost gambling on peepee fights

>write eye-witness account of the Great Fire of London. Hypothesise it started in an oven on Pudding Lane. Be proved correct centuries later

>by writing what you see and hear and being as truthful as you can, basically invent good journ*lism

>not have to live to see it smeared in shit by hacks and shills