Published even as their own office was still a mass murder crime scene being processed. |
What two good friends and great
journalists said about yesterday’s mass shooting at a Maryland newspaper:
Rob Downen in Manhattan |
“I don’t know anyone at the
Capital Gazette or what motivated their killer. Nor am I usually one to wax
poetic about my field.
“But I’ll say this: The best, most
tireless and idealistic people I know are the ones I've met working long hours
for low pay in places much like the Gazette. And no amount of layoffs or budget
cuts or bloggers or death threats or etc. will stop those people from doing the
thing they cherish most: Speaking truth to power, and giving a voice to the
voiceless.
“Anyways, today is as good a day
as any to subscribe to your local paper.”
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Kevin McDermott: “The free press,
and newspapers in particular, are the one crucial institution of democracy that
has remained standing. Religion is compromised, the judiciary is politicized,
Congress is a sick joke. But newspapers are still doing their jobs — even under fire.”
Kevin McDermott in Cuba |
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