They say journalism is dead, but was it ever alive?

Prolific British author and Christian champion G. K. Chesterton died on this day in 1936.  He was the author of the splendid Father Brown detective tales.  He wrote:

“Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.”

Today’s deathless verse:

A patron at Kentucky Fried

  Is calmly eating chicken;

A newsman sits down by his side –

  The plot begins to thicken.

With pen in hand, the scribbler dreams

  Of deeds most dire and foul;

The headline on his story screams:

  “Man eating chicken on prowl!”