Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.
Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?
Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.
We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
I just write... if it's really good, it's going on the record. If it's average, it's going in the trash.
