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Mr. Brady, it is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
— E. K. Hornbeck ‧ Inherit the Wind
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Hornbeck sums up what he thinks a newspaper is for. It should support people who are suffering and unsettle those who are at ease. He puts it as a duty, and the neat reversal gives that view its bite.
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