The press exists for one reason: to be deeply annoying to power. No allegiance to government. No allegiance to industry. Profoundly skeptical. Inherently disagreeable. Free to investigate whatever it wants.

That's not a radical idea. That's the entire point.

But question the vaccine program? You're a heretic. Ask why regulatory agencies make the decisions they make?

You're dangerous.

We just watched four years of exactly what happens when journalism abandons that duty. And somehow people still can't connect the dots.

The fourth estate is a firewall. And we intend to keep it standing.

@delbigtree