Anna Politkovskaya

All the President's Men (2006 version), Carl and Bob, are crossing a street discussing present dangers of being a journalist.

Bob: Her writing made her a target.

Carl: No, her visibility made her a target.

Bob: A target. But for who?

Carl: Putin et al? Some powerful businessman? Or some enemy of Chechenya?

Bob: Who knows?

Carl: Was she an Internet journalist?

Bob: No. She went out. She was a real journalist with real skills. She talked to people. She recorded what they said. She wrote down what they said.

Carl: And she was killed.

Bob: She was killed.

Carl: But you know, despite what you say about Internet journos, many die.

Bob: Killed?

Carl: Well, some die by accident. Kim died when he got lost ion the snow in California. Shuger died in a scuba accident. Vialls died after illness.

Bob: And some claim journalism is dying because of the Internet.

Carl: That Google and Yahoo are indirectly destroying hands-on journalism? Not all news originates in the ether. A lot of it is in in alleys. We safe here?