The tragedy of journalism is that these are people doing their best work.
I don't think Stoppardian has a precise definition.
Give us this day our daily mask.
You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade someone less clever.
An artist is the magician put among men to gratify - capriciously - their urge for immortality.
Information is light. Information in itself, about anything, is light.