To quote RonJeffries (see PairProgramming) out of context, "Once in a while I have to whack someone with the rolled-up newspaper to get them to behave. ... We've seen no negative effects."
That would give one a distorted view of the press. -- Snoopy
"I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction." -- AneurinBevan?
"Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock." -- BenHecht?