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Here’s Ezra Klein speaking about NY Times pocket ace Andrew Ross Sorkin and what really makes a great journalist:

Journalism likes to sell itself as a form of detective work. That’s certainly the depiction of Woodward and Bernstein in “All The President’s Men,” and it’s the industry’s favored depiction of itself. But on the day-to-day level, great journalists are great at making, and keeping, knowledgeable friends. [Warren] Buffett clearly likes Sorkin. That’s different than being afraid of him. If you go back to Woodward and Bernstein, Woodward met Felt back when he was serving in the Navy, and the two men bonded over night law school and low-level positions with elected officials.