Some Things You Just Don't Do

[New Era] There I was, equipped with a journalism degree, and some years experience in the journalism business. I thought I was strong, but I could not help, as a man I was talking to shed tears right in front of his wife, his three children and myself. I became sympathetic right there and then. My point is - sympathy is something journa-lists are taught not to profess, at least not in front of the subject. I confess, I did.