George was a newspaper reporter who worked for a small local newspaper in a
country town. Nothing much ever happened there.
Oneday George’s boss sent for him.
‘George,’ he said, ‘James Bright is making a speech at the Town Hall
tonight, I want you to go and report on it for us.’
‘James Bright?’ said George, ‘He is a terrible old fool. He never says
anything worth reporting.’
‘Brigth is our best-known local politician,’ said the boss. ‘We’ll have to
print a report on that speech.’
So George went to the meeting and Bright spoke for two hours without
stopping. When George got back to the office at last, the boss was waiting for
him.
‘Well, George,’ he said. ‘What didi the old man say ?’
‘Absolutely nothing,’ said George.
The boss wasn’t surprised. ‘All right, George,’ he said. ‘ You’d better not
write more than two and a half columns on it.’