"To be a journalist is something everyone can accomplish. Even a monkey can become a journalist," Swedish TV-host Robert Aschberg to Dagbladet (no direct link available yet). 'I was politically active for many years... then a friend suggested that I should become a journalist. I thought it was a good idea...'

Personally I've met many people who were totally unsuited to become journalists, but then I'm of the perhaps quaint opinion that journalists should possess some ability in the department of critical thinking etc. But, perhaps it's just me...