There's no question that everything Hunter S. Thompson ever published was pure genius. Gem after gem after gem. And so, unsurprisingly, now that The Ottowa Citizen has happened upon a 1958 cover letter Thompson wrote to apply for a job at the Vancouver Sun, we can once again revel in the magic of his extraordinarily incisive writing.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity. If this is what you're trying to get The Sun away from, then I think I'd like to work for you."
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