You know how the other journalists take the mickey occasionally,' I suggested.
Some journalist took his teeth out to get a moment of interest.
Your 'journalist' took what these people were saying at face value because they appeared to be 'credible'.
More often than not, however, journalists, like politicians, take their lead from the public.
"It's very natural that journalists should take stock and evaluate what's going on."
Take a current example for which we journalists are taking heat.
Only 232 journalists took the course and there are more than 500 with the troops, he said.
More than 400 journalists from India and other countries took part in the conference.
I don't think their political journalists took this story seriously when the investigation was taking place in parliament.
But most journalists take a very negative line on things.