By Eric Alterman on CJR, Jan/Feb 2012 –
“Ironically — and apparently somehow below the radar of most journalists in America — the profession was recently blessed with what could have been, and still might be, the most effective propaganda vehicle for the societal significance of journalism I could imagine. His name is Mikael Blomkvist, and the paunchy, forty-year-old, lady-killing, black-coffee-and-bourbon swizzling, cigarette-smoking, crusading, feminist, Swedish journalist just happens to be the hero of perhaps the best-selling book series in the world.”
Read the full article on the Columbia Journalism Review website.