Having labored in the vineyards of the journalism farm for more than three decades, I've always been of the mind that no one cares how many thorns we encounter or how much sweat falls from our brow. If a reporter has to cool his heels for hours before the great person is ready to give an interview and then endure any number of slights to get the story, I don't believe the reader cares, or that the press is under any obligation to pass that on. Like Tommy Lee Jones encountering "The Fugitive" Harrison Ford who professes "I didn't kill...