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You can definitely be a good journalist without asking uncomfortable questions. It's called letting someone hang themselves by their own petard. ie let them talk long enough, flatter them enough, and they'll reveal themselves to you. When you write about them you don't need to be mean, just accurate. The reader will cotton on.
The name of one of these magazines you could write for is Hello! I love it. People are photographed in glamorous surroundings, in a variety of outfits, and encouraged to boast and preen as much they want. The journalist is always sympethetic in his or her approach, and that just helps matters along nicely. The subject routinely makes a fool of themselves, in a very entertaining way.
My favourite photo was of Ryan um. Farrah Fawcett's guy, Love Story guy. Him. Anyway. He was boxing a punching bag on the verandah of his Malibu beach house, pulling in his stomach adn smiling at the camera in the mirror. A classic.
You could argue Hello has nothing relevanat to say about our world today, but we've always needed bufoons, court jesters, and it's even better when they look good in a sequin dress.
