Journalism's unfortunate tendencies include pushing the industry to traverse an ethical tightrope: the love-hate relationship with con artists and grifters.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Case for Reparations is a seminal piece of journalism, representing the very best of advocacy journalism. Coates meticulously makes the case that for America to “be whole”, it must “reckon with our compounding debts”.

Anonymous sourcing can be an invaluable asset in a journalist’s arsenal when seeking to uncover the truth for a news story. However, it can be detrimental when relied on too heavily and with an uncritical lens. Perhaps no better illustration of this was in the recent coverage of Boris Johnson’s recent flirtations with replacing Liz Truss as leader of the British Conservative Party. 

Jonathan Pie may not be a journalist, but through his satire and unique comedy, he is able to hold those in power to account.