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January 15, 2007

QotD: Journalism

Have you ever heard that the proverb that a columnist's job is to "afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted"? It sounds awfully nice, but in practice it translates to "embarrass your enemies and suck up to your friends," leaving no hope of persuasion by means of logic. The majority of my fellow-toilers, I'm afraid, follow this directive all too enthusiastically. Maybe we change people's minds so rarely because we don't even try.

Colby Cosh, "Odds and Sods, ColbyCosh.com, 2006-12-22

Posted by Nicholas at January 15, 2007 11:35 AM
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