3. Gonzo
Journalism
Fear
and
Loathing
in
Las
Vegas
is
a
failed
experiment
in
Gonzo
Journalism.
My
idea
was
to
buy
a
fat
notebook
and
record
the
whole
thing,
as
it
happened,
then
send
in
the
notebook
for
publica>on
-‐
without
edi>ng.
That
way,
I
felt,
the
eye
and
mind
of
the
journalist
would
be
func>oning
as
a
camera.
The
wri>ng
would
be
selec>ve
&
necessarily
interpre>ve
but
once
the
image
was
wriEen,
the
words
would
be
final;
in
the
same
way
that
a
Car>er-‐Bresson
photograph
is
always
(he
says)
the
full-‐frame
nega>ve.
No
altera>ons
in
the
dark-‐room,
no
cuMng
or
cropping,
no
spoMng…no
edi>ng.
-‐Hunter
S.
Thompson