BahÃĄâ•Žuâ•ŽllÃĄh and the New Era - Knowledge Rush

Influence of the PressThe importance of the press as a means of diffusing knowledgeand educating the people, and its power as a civilizing force,when rightly directed, are fully recognized by Bahá’u’lláh. Hewrites:—In this day the mysteries of this earth are unfolded andvisible before the eyes, and the pages of swiftly appearingnewspapers are indeed the mirror of the world; they displaythe doings and actions of the different nations; they bothillustrate them and cause them to be heard. Newspapers areas a mirror endowed with hearing, sight and speech; they area wonderful phenomenon and a great matter.But it behooves the writers and editors thereof to be sanctifiedfrom the prejudice of egotism and desire, and to beadorned with the ornament of equity and justice. They mustinquire into matters as fully as possible in order that theymay be informed of the real facts, and commit the same towriting. Concerning this wronged one, what the newspapershave published has for the most part been devoid of truth.Good speech and truthfulness are, in loftiness of position andrank, like the sun which has risen from the horizon of theheaven of knowledge.—Tablet of Tarazát.