"We make America what it is — without a free press, democracy dies. But we're still jackals. We can befriend you for years, and then bite off your arm just as you're offering us a treat. We can't help it. It's the nature of the job," he wrote.
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Ousted NYT reporter calls journalists 'jackals' who can 'bite your arm off'
"I'm publishing my thoughts here on Medium because I know journalists," said McNeil, who described journalists as "jackals."
