Unlike the majority of my articles this story will leave the question unanswered in order to provoke a sincere thought process.As writer's we are always putting forth a topic or question; to which we provide the answer either through research or our own opinions.It is also difficult to stay neutral on a subject that I feel passionately about.When I do that, I rob you the reader of a clean look at an issue or topic.I guess being a writer is just like every other occupation.You sometimes may step out of bounds, and the referee has to flag you with a penalty for unnecessary roughness by an ink pen.I watched a movie last night about a bunch of newspaper reporters covering a murder centered in a small town just outside of New York.The vast majority of these reporters were from New York City, with the exception of one.That one reporter was a homegrown newspaperman.He worked in a tiny office with a readership of less than a thousand.This kid was awestruck with some of the "big boys" from New York.It is where he wanted to go live out his dream as a big city reporter.So he becomes a side kick to the best well known reporter.During the movie this kid finds out that his idol is a phony, and the others are cynical and have lost the passion that made them reporters.Towards the end of the movie, the veteran reporters had already convicted the woman on trial in the front page of their papers.The youngster does not believe the woman committed this horrible murder.He begins his own investigation, all the while the savvy vets are just going through the motions.This kid gets a lead and he follows it up and finds out through a little detective that the woman is in fact innocent.The vets are all at the hotel drinking, smoking, and having a grand time.Then they hear the extra boy hawking a news flash.While those veteran reporters were in their hotel room this youngster wrote the article of a lifetime, and gave the story to every big paper in New York.The Bell Boy comes up and throws a bundle of the flash extra special on the floor.The room was then filled with disbelief and of their job security for blowing the story.The young reporter ensured that the article was made available to every paper that wanted it; free of charge of course.The expert newshounds could not fathom that they were all out done by a small time paper and reporter.The movie ends with this kid turning down a position that he had longed for.He also learned that you can never become complacent in any job;,no matter how good or famous you are.You ask how this plays into a writer's problems with the loss of being unbiased.That my friend is the Rhetorical Question.Thanks for reading and may God bless you and your families.
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