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Gonzo: Hunter S. Thompson on Letterman

The next reporter has been called the least factual and most accurate reporter working today.

David Letterman

Here are a couple videos where gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson appeared on David Letterman, 1987 and 1998. These interviews are wacky and unpredictable. The website Open Culture writes: “Do we find our current crop of journalists lacking in moral courage, righteous fury, death-defying risk-taking, gallows humor, literary reach, thoroughgoing independence of thought? The failing industry may be to blame, one might argue, and with good reason.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpChANYmjec
Hunter S. Thompson on Letterman, 1987
Hunter S. Thompson on Letterman, 1988