IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB

An article in the SNH caught my attention because the gentleman writer points out that young newspaper reporters get caught up in zeal and exaggeration due to innocence that comes naturally when short on experience. Young writers can be guilty of painting less than accurate pictures of a scene, an action, or when describing a person’s aura. The SNH gentleman considers himself, at 45, parallel to “an old man of the sea.” And his assumptions are correct, it takes knowledge, courage, and keen “eyesight” to see through the smoke to what is actually there. When it comes to “covering” noteworthy incidents involving allegedly important personalities a writer must be a “grumpy old man.” Cynicism is as important a tool as the pen and why we allow most all comments to “Inside Suffolk.” Anonymous Writers may have inside knowledge readers can use when forming their opinions. It is sometimes difficult for us to judge the fairness of opinion sent us, but we find transparency to be a good thing. As for the SNH writer to have PERFECTED his skills at 45 I have doubts. At 85 I carry cynicism with me at all times and am a well established gumpy old man, but I still get conned now and then.