"It's very simple": journalists mainly do what they think will make them look good in front of other journalists. The author did a good job of elaborating on th

"It's very simple": journalists mainly do what they think will make them look good in front of other journalists. The author did a good job of elaborating on that, though. This is an instance of a very broad and very underappreciated pattern in society. Replace "journalists" with "women" in that sentence, or with "university professors", and it's just as true.