Since Watergate, Are Journalists Heroes?

   I'd have to say that most journalists aren't heroes, because I feel a lot of them simply share information because it's their job not because they actually want to share the information.  In truth I think they'd rather keep it to themselves.
   For example, do you know about the silence conspiracy?  It was when the journalists decided to keep certain things from the public.  The only reason it was broken was because some journalists decided that people had to know that President Nixon had broken into Watergate.  Those people are among the few journalists that are heroes.
   So, while most journalists aren't heroes at least we know that a few are.  Those journalists deserve our respect because all they want to do is share news with us.