"There's a reason why our profession, journalism, is the only one explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution. Because we're supposed to be the check and balance on power. That's our job. -- Amy Goodman (b. 1957-04-13), on the PBS television program Bill Moyers Journal, 2009-04-03
[The phrase 'sacred mission' in the fake cut-tag on the LJ entry that points here, is a reference to the sentence just before where I started quoting.]