"Criminal reporting doesn't factually convey the anguish of reporters in writing about people. Writing about other people should be a painful job for reporters. The media are supposed to have the function of checking the government to protect justice and freedom. If so, journalists should write about other people with anguish."
--Etsuko Yamada (Japanese schoolteacher found innocent of murder after 25 years of trials and investigations)

Food for thought, especially with the news in baseball:
Mitchell Report Coverage on MLB.com

This is one I just found today. It really opened my eyes about a concept that I thought was new, but apparently, is quite old.

"Before proceeding to the ordinary business of our paper, we beg to observe, that we have not chosen the name of SCOTSMAN to preserve an invidious distinction, but with the view of rescuing it from the odium of servility."
-- opening text of the first edition of The Scotsman newspaper, published in Edinburgh January 25, 1817

Until now, I had thought that the idea of making a conscious effort to "reclaim" a word which had acquired a negative connotation was a relatively new one. I think this quote demonstrates clearly the idea goes back almost 200 years. Guess I've gotten a real moment of enlightenment today. That's worth smiling about!

Oh, and The Scotsman is still being published today.