Land of Homer

 George Orwell described the feeling of coming across a newspaper from before the outbreak of World War II, which at the time had been raging for almost five years, and ‘marvelling at its almost unbelievable stupidity.’”

“The stupidity that Orwell saw was a naive disregard—or in some cases a willful downplaying—of the danger signs of the coming global war. Instead of charting the political volatility, the mass unemployment, the march of dictators, and the atrocities that were already unfolding, he wrote, some newspapers portrayed the world as ‘a cozy place’ of celebrity, crime, beauty-culture, sport, and animal stories.”  -  RELATED . . . 

In an interview, Weiss said she and Ellison are aligned in their desire for ‘news that reflects reality’ and journalism that ‘doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.’”