Wasn’t there a made-for-tv-movie about Jessica Savitch being a coke-head?
I wonder about Diane Sawyer and how sober she is sometimes.
Maybe having to constantly LIE about the true nature of the country drives some talking heads to self-medicate.
Saw ‘Wolf of Wall Street’, and I’m convinced that at a certain level drugs and alcohol are the price of admission. The more you do, the more chances you take, and if your luck is good, you do well enough to be able to sustain your luck, through whatever means are available to you - illicit or otherwise.