For 50 Years My Father Worked For

I Had Been At The Newspaper For A Few Months. It Wasn’t Regarded As The Paper, It Was Their Paper. There Was A Sense Of Community Because They Reported, We Reported, I Reported The Little Things, The Whist Drives, The Weddings, The Funerals, The Little Speeches. In One Sense It Was The Most Boring Copy In The World To Anyone Picking It Up, But, On The Other Hand, It Was Crucial To The People Who Lived In Those Communities.

Internet News Cycles Are By The Minute, And Any Fool Can Take A Headline From The Associated Press And Send It Out As News.

Actions Are Always More Complex And Nuanced Than They Seem. We Have To Be Willing To Wrestle With Paradox In Pursuing Understanding.

The Camera Cannot Lie, But It Can Be An Accessory To Untruth.

What I'm Driving At Is Let's Not Lose Sight In Our Excitement Of The Democratization Of The Media That Some Things Are Bad, False And Ugly - And No Amount Of Electronic Gloss Will Make Them True, Beautiful And Accurate.