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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having read more
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
 To serve thy generation, this thy fate:
 "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name;
  But he who read more 
 To serve thy generation, this thy fate:
 "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name;
  But he who loves his kind does, first and late,
   A work too late for fame. 
Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
What's the difference between a 3-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In 6 weeks, the puppy will stop whining.
What's the difference between a 3-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In 6 weeks, the puppy will stop whining.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
 Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
  If there's a hole in read more 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
 Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
  If there's a hole in a' your coats,
   I rede you tent it:
    A chield's amang you takin notes,
     And, faith, he'll prent it. 
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.