Aren't You Doing Journalism Right Now? | Denver

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0:00A: You’re not a real journalist? Why aren’t you doing that? Why aren’t you actively doing journalism right now?
0:04B: I guess so. My friend said a leading question. It’s a leading question. I’m like, oh, it’s a leading question?
0:08A: No, I mean, I appreciate that.
0:10B: I’m a real journalist.
0:11A: Yeah, like, I’m pretty sure journalism is what you do. So yeah, it’s not like who you are necessarily. If you do it, you do it. But I like that he shows up where people are at and he talks to them. You know what I mean? Like, you’re doing it right now, kind of, which is like kind of meta, you know, if you think about it.
0:25B: It is kind of meta, no? But I’m not a real journalist. I’m a meta journalist.
0:29A: Meta journalist, yeah. No, but I think it’s It’s cool that he, like, he just goes to places and talks to people. He doesn’t say shit about places he’s never been and then refuse to go there and continue to say the same shit, which is what a lot of people do.