Elie Wiesel says that neutrality only helps the oppressor, never the victim. And I think you can apply that to journalism.

But you get used to anything.

Neutrality is for referees in a football game. You have to take a stand. The really, really good journalists always take a stand with those who have no power, with those who have no rights, and with those who have no voice.

Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy good-for-nothings!" the Hungarian police were screaming.

That was when I began to hate them, and my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death.

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.