““Lazareff believed that "a journalists first duty is to be read," but Camus felt it was to tell the truth as much as possible, with as much style as possible. Camus saw "Lazareffism" as unacceptable journalism, a mixture of political submissiveness, raw crime, and nonsense. Pia and Camus hated the spineless large-circulation press, which followed orders and catered to its readers' lower instincts.””
![“[Camus] "The meaning if my works: so many men are deprived of mercy. How to live without mercy? One must try and do what Christianity never did: to take care of the damned.” quote by Olivier Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/311/olivier-todd-75478_christianity_camus-the-meaning-if-my-works-so-many-me_1481190.jpg)
