Whaaat?!?
“Journalists should always look the person they’re interviewing in the eye and ask, ‘Seriously? You’re seriously saying that to me with a straight face?’
(This question can be repeated as often as necessary.)”
—Luke Burns, writer, “Additions to the Five Journalistic W’s,” The
New Yorker, Jan.
31, 2017
• Editorial Comment: Problem is, they are serious. And the poor slobs out here lap it up.
PeezPix by Ted Pease
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“I
don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If
you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a
little.” —Tom Stoppard
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