“Hay mucho que decir en favor del periodismo moderno. Al darnos las opiniones de los ignorantes, nos mantiene en contacto con la ignorancia de la comunidad.”

—  Oscar Wilde

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Original

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
Contexto: There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.
Contexto: Puritans cannot destroy a beautiful thing, yet, by means of their extraordinary prurience, they can almost taint beauty for a moment. It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
Contexto: It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

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escritor irlandés 1854–1900

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Ficha autobiográfica en el sitio web de los Premios Nobel.
Fuente: Autobiografía. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1982/klug-autobio.html Fundación Nobel, Estocolmo, 1983.

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