ommon journalistic dilemma in this quotation:I wrote my story for Stars and Stripes: Seoul, Korea. Gen. Maxwell Taylor said today that there is no ammunition shortage in Korea. But I also know what he said was a lie. But under the rules of journalism, there is no way I can say so.(Wolfe, page 8) HST never hesitated in calling a spade a spade and a liar a liar. Gonzo journalism could then be called true freedom of the press. Everyone knows and expects that politicians and media sources are not always truthful, nor intend to be. Gonzo journalism is more honest about its untruthfulness. In this quotation Thompson states his opinion on Richard Nixon:For years Ive regarded his very existence as a monument to all the rancid genes and broken chromosomes that corrupt the possibilities of the American Dream; he was a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a hyena and the style of a poison toad. (The Great Shark Hunt, page 213)Writers, realizing that objectivity in news was more or less a myth, tried to write about things as they saw them. These things usually tended to be counterculture activities of the times, such as peace demonstrations, drugs, flower children and music, subjects which were either passed over or apparently misrepresented in the mainstream press. HST was able to say and write what other journalists could not. He was one of the few writers who would write openly about drugs, sex, and people like hippies and freaks who were ignored by the normal press. HST found that one could learn just as much about a place by interviewing its drunks and addicts than by talking to high standing citizens. For instance Thompson and his attorney are searching for the American Dream (one of many recurring topics of Thompsons writings) and decide to ask one of the local waitresses:Attorney: Let me explain it to you, let me run it down just briefly if I can. Were looking for the Amer...
