.“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the information by which to detect lies.”
—Walter Lippmann, (1889-1974), newsman, author, Medal of Freedom winner,in Liberty and the News (1920) (Thanks to alert WORDster Rob Rabe)
(Time cover, Sept. 27, 1932-->)
(Time cover, Sept. 27, 1932-->)
NOTE: Yesterday was National Hug-a-Journalist Day. It’s not too late...
RED LETTER DAYS:
Today in History: 2005: National Hockey League cancels season for lack of interest; 1959: Castro becomes Cuba’s president; 1950: “What’s My Line?” debuts; 1948: “The Camel Newsreel Theatre,” first NBC-TV nightly newscast; 1945: Bataan recaputured by Allies; 1923: Archeologist Howard Carter opens King Tut’s tomb; 1868: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks founded in NYC; 1852: The Studebaker is born (See History.com.)
True.
ReplyDeleteYou need to know what your talking about and I think that comes back to an old thought that you should really know about something before you create an opinion.
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.