Film showing in our Religion11 class. It was Inherit the Wind. We (Zapphire and I ) didn’t get to watch the film from the very beginning because we got in late (I blame my addiction for Nescafe freeze!). Anyway, I want to quote the journalist in the movie.
“It is the newspaper’s ability to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”
So true. Since I am Masscom student, it really got me scribbling in my notebook. =)
This is one of the reasons why I took up Mass Communication. Comforting the afflicted by telling the truth and assuring them that they get justice (in the sense that people will know what really happened and respect that) and afflicting the comfortable by making them think and showing those apathetic people what really matters. It’s nice to get the blood of these passive people pumping and making them stand for what they think is right. Because the worst thing that could ever happen to a person is having nothing to believe in and adhere to. And of course, using our brains is an obligation and a right. Obligation because God gave us brains to think and choose what’s right for ourselves. We shouldn’t just sit pretty in a corner and take in everything that’s being said. That’s just not right.
I’m just glad to see that newspapers are doing that. But the work is not yet complete. A lot still needs to be done.
