[Reily]

I look back on the journalism students I knew in college and you would be hard-pressed to find another group of students less interested in acquiring knowledge.

[SauronOfMordor]

I look back on the journalism students I knew in college and you would be hard-pressed to find another group of students less interested in acquiring knowledge.

The impression I get is that they're less concerned about understanding what they're reporting about, than in displaying skill in spinning the story to achieve political goals ("changing the world" messianic complex)