Remember

The WORDmeister says: Attacks on the “lamestream media” and “fake news” are bull, of course, strategies to kill the stories that unite and connect us. Without many people and many perspectives to record our stories, the day’s events — and our very history — are lost forever. It’s how we remember.

“It is the job of journalism, and of witnesses, to tell the stories of what happened. It is how we gain or retain perspective, see things through the eyes of those who were there, and remember what should not be forgotten.”

—Caleb Howe, reporter, “The Journalism of 9/11,” Mediaite, 2018. Image:
U.S. Navy Photo by Jim Watson/Getty Images

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