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countered occasionally from the likes of that seaman is the now almost-standard distrust directed towards the media, distrust that leaves him feeling a little guilty. He remembers when he first visited out-of-theway islands in the Pacific; people there welcomed those who came to chronicle their lifestyle. Now the same people have their hands out, waiting to be paid, before they'll talk to a reporter or allow their picture to be taken. “I’ve seen so many primitive areas spoiled by what television crews, in their hunger for photographs, have done. We (the>'media) -are1 all 'pretty' bad!l" bat"" tbe/rct' the worst:.. In - my younger years; ! thought1! was doing a great service to humanity by documenting (so-called primitive people and their way of life). But in my later years, I’ve begun to wonder if it’s of benefit to anyone—

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