Today's word on
journalism
Friday, September 9, 2005
Scene: Calvin and Hobbes are reading the newspaper.
Calvin: "I
like following the news! News organizations
know I won't sit still for any serious discussion
of complex and boring issues. They give me what
I want: Antics. Emotional confrontation. Sound
bites. Scandal. Sob stories and popularity polls
all packaged as a soap opera and horse race!
It's very entertaining."
Hobbes: "Then
commentators wonder why the public is cynical
about politics."
Calvin: "You
can tell this is an in-depth story because it's
got an article next to a chart."
--Calvin
& Hobbes by cartoonist Bill Watterson, 2005
