# A trust and a possibility to sell (in the activities of journalists and lawyers). An essay

Henry de Overwood

MMMDCLXI. A trust and a possibility to sell (in the activities of journalists and lawyers). An essay. - May 17, 2025.

A trust and a possibility to sell (in the activities of journalists and lawyers). An essay.


Recently, I remembered about a city newspaper. This newspaper wrote about legal issues, about preservation of the architectural appearance of the "old town", about environmental protection, about role of media, and about much more.


The names of the journalists who worked for this newspaper were loud. But its owners (founders) did not remain in the shadows either: everyone knew about them - they were famous city citizens.


What is the current state of this newspaper? I tried to find information on the internet. Strangely enough, I found the information in one of the electronic encyclopedias.


This newspaper has ceased to exist! One of the "main" journalists "reported on social networks about the termination of the newspaper's existence" ...


The owners (founders) of the newspaper did not hold a press conference, did not write a book "How we published a city newspaper"...


I imagined a journalist who wrote about city and oblast issues, about preserving the architectural appearance of the "old town", about preserving the remaining elements of nature in the city, who met with citizens, with activists, who entered into a relationship of trust, a journalist, who probably did not engage in (inconspicuous) sales.


Trust and possibility to sell (unnoticeably) is an interesting topic when considering the work of lawyers and journalists.


During the era of rapid privatization, several people from an collective enterprise came to me. Their enterprise was unique in some ways. It slowly existed, bringing its employees a small but steady income. It was located in one of the district centers, very far from the main city of the oblast.


Someone decided to become the owner of this enterprise. The employees were against such turn of events. They came to me with a request to take up their case - to carry out a legal opposition to the privatization of their collective enterprise.


They looked like weak and scared people, with a minimal level of solidarity. I imagined how they would run away in search of safe positions at the first suitable opportunity, and I would be left with their problem in a ridiculous position and with vague promises of payment for my activities.


So their persuasions did not convince me, I refused to participate in their case.


But there are also more difficult situations. For example: there is an agreement on the amount of payment, as well elements of trust have arisen.


As the confrontation progresses, the degree of conflictness increases. The opposite side is interested not only in beneficial outcome for her, but in "eating" an unpleasant representative of the opponent (that is, a lawyer).


In this scenario, it becomes possible to maneuver.


And a lawyer who has accumulated a lot of conflictness because of his unwillingness to violate the relationship of trust, because of his unwillingness (imperceptibly) to do "selling", finds himself in a situation where the customer informs him with a pleasant smile that his (customer) relationship with the opposite side has improved, that they are now almost friends. And he (the lawyer) is with a mountain of conflictness (because of his unwillingness to violate trust, because of his unwillingness to (imperceptibly) proceed a "selling") He can feel whatever he wants.


If a conflict has occurred with a dog that barked from behind a fence, then that's one thing. And if a mountain of conflictness arose with influential people (in the process of movement of case), then this is completely different thing.


A journalist who wrote about the problems of the city and the oblast, about problems affecting the interests of many citizens, who got to know the residents of the city through personal contacts, enjoyed their trust, and felt trust in many of them, who was acting without "selling", suddenly finds himself in an awkward position: the newspaper has ceased to exist. But the people (the townspeople) haven't disappeared! And he (the journalist) also stayed! And the problems he "entered" remained, too!


The journalist reports on social networks about the termination of the newspaper's existence.... That is, in other words: "Thank you for your trust, and so on and so forth."


May 17, 2025 11:19 (11:19 a.m.)


Translation from Russian into English: May 17, 2025 12:38

Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Доверие и возможность продать (в деятельности журналистов и юристов). Очерк. '.


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