“It is the job of the newspaper to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted” is a famous line from the award-winning movie “Inherit the Wind.” The words are told to a reporter (played by Gene Kelly) by the defense attorney (played by Spencer Tracey) in the trial being depicted in the movie’s story.
I
read
newpapers voraciously, not just because I was raised on them and then
worked for them for many years, but because I like how they share a part
of the fabric of our community, our country and our world each and
every day. And, I find great enjoyment and satisfaction in holding a
newspaper in my hands, turning the pages and discovering the next set of
articles waiting to be explored and devoured.
The
author Terry Tempest Williams said that after you've read a newspaper
you can go back to your own perceptions, your own thoughts and words,
and weigh them
against all that have been brought together for you in this
mini-chronicle of daily events. "I am interested in the kaleidoscope of
ideas, how you bring many strands of thought ... and weave them ... as
one piece of coherent fabric. This is the blood work
of the writer."
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