ipl-logo

Summary Of Printing By Clare Boothe Luce

485 Words2 Pages

In Clare Boothe Luce passage she is accusing the American Press of printing only what will benefit them and make them sell more copies. She criticizes how the press will change a story to either exaggerate it or change some facts about it so that it sounds more interesting for the people. Clare Boothe Luce believes that they have sacrificed the art of journalism for public demand.
Clare Boothe gets the audience ready for what she is about to say by saying how she is going to talk about the presses flaws. Not only that but she reminds the audience of how she did not volunteer for this speech, she was chosen by them (the audience) to hear about what is wrong with the American Press. She also explains what she believes the journalism should be …show more content…

She knows that if she starts arguing with the audience she will get nowhere and they will become too stubborn to even try to change their minds. She starts off her speech by thanking them for choosing her as the guest of honor. She also states that she is there, invited to “throw rocks”. She uses the word invited in that phrase so that audience knows that she is only there because they wanted her there so should can criticizes them so there should be no reason for them to get angry. She also states the situation she is in, “For the banquet speaker who criticizes the weaknesses and pretensions, or exposes the follies and sins, of his listeners — even at their invitation — does not generally evoke an enthusiastic — no less a friendly — response.” She tells them that she knows that they probably don't want to hear criticizes about them but she wants them to keep an open mind and to not completely shut her off. Towards the end of her introduction she also tries to explain that there is much wrong with the American Press but there is also things that are good about it, so she wants the audience to have an open mind about it . She wants them to take in the good and the bad. She knows that this will probably not be the best way to sell copies for newspapers but this will help improve the art of real

Open Document