Free Press

“Journalism is a human enterprise, so it’s inevitably a flawed one, and everyone loves to be a critic. But as I constantly refresh the live scroll of updates from our colleagues in and around Ukraine, I’m in awe at what a free press does and can do. That kind of freedom is also what the people of Ukraine are now fighting to preserve. Nobody should be indifferent to their fate or fail to understand who’s on the right side of this battle.”

—Bret Stephens, opinion columnist, “Putin Is Spinning the Globe Faster and Faster,” The New York Times, Feb. 28, 2022. (Thanks to alert WORDster Tom Ferrell) Image: Ukraine troops after turning back Russians in Kyiv. Agence France-Press.

• Editorial Comment: Even bad news is good news.

 

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Utah Snow Dog, 2009

 

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism