comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable

(idea) by icicle Sat May 13 2000 at 4:00:30
H.L. Mencken said that the journalist had two responsibilties: to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable. Very few journalists are good enough to make these the main characteristics of their spiritual path anymore, but there, now you know the secret.
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