Alarmists

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), Parerga and Paralipomena , Vol. II, Chapter 19, § 233 (tr. Adrian Del Caro and Christopher Janaway): Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to the dramatic arts, since what matters is to make as much as possible of every event. This is why all who write for newspapers are also alarmists, by virtue of their trade; it is their way of making…