Boxing referees have a duty to “prevent a weak boxer from receiving undue and unnecessary punishment.”

Members of the press probably have a similar obligation to the people they interview. The point isn’t to grind a person into pulp. If there’s an obvious problem with an interview subject, or if he’s apparently under the influence or otherwise not in his right mind, it is wrong to hammer away at him like you would someone at the top of his game.

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