Painterly rolled newspaper beside a magnifying glass, dark ink bottle and writing implements.

Original artwork, not a still

E. K. Hornbeck

Mr. Brady, it is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

— Inherit the Wind

Behind the line

What it means

Our 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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