If we assume the best in people, we can radically redesign our democracy and welfare states.
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It's important to make a distinction between the news and journalism. The news is about recent, incidental and sensational events. It's mostly about exceptions.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the difference between surface-level news and deeper journalism.
Rutger Bregman highlights that news often focuses on sensational and exceptional events, while journalism should dig deeper and explore underlying truths. This distinction is vital for understanding the complexities of events rather than just accepting them at face value.
Themes
NewsJournalismSensationalEventsDistinction
In practice
Example use cases
In a public speech about media literacy, one might quote Bregman to stress the importance of distinguishing between news and journalism.
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