Modern Discourse
“We no longer have news. We have
springboards for commentary. We have cues for Tweets.
“Something happens, and before the
facts are even settled, the morals are deduced and the lessons drawn. The story
is absorbed into agendas. Everyone has a preferred take on it, a particular use
for it. And as one person after another posits its real significance, the
discussion travels so far from what set it in motion that the truth — the
knowable, verifiable truth — is left in the dust.
“The economy of contemporary journalism encourages this. It favors riffing over reportage, and it’s lousy with opinions, including the one expressed here.”
—Frank Bruni,
op-ed columnist, “Full Screed ahead,” The New York Times, May 31, 2014
• Editorial Comment: I stopped reading after 140 characters.
PeezPix by Ted Pease
Country Roads
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“Words are sacred. 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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PeezPix by Ted Pease
TODAY'S WORD ON JOURNALISM is a free “service” sent to the 1,800 or so misguided subscribers around the planet. If you have recovered from whatever led you to subscribe and don’t want it anymore, send “unsubscribe” to ted.pease@gmail.com. Or if you want to afflict someone else, send me the email address and watch the fun begin. (Disclaimer: I just quote ’em, I don’t necessarily endorse ’em. But all contain at least a kernel of insight. Don’t shoot the messenger.)
Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Trinidad, California. (Be)Friend The WORD
“Words are sacred. 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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