The Christian Science Monitor: its underlying spiritual ideals

with contributions from David Anable

It has been said more than once that a free press is vital to a free people. But in our times we are coming to see that this freedom means more than the absence of obvious political controls over what a journalist can say or over what a citizen can learn from the press. It is also the mental, and even spiritual, freedom to make intelligent decisions—decisions that aren't manipulated by special interests or distorted by fear and bias.

How can citizens and journalists find this kind of freedom? The following interview with David Anable, Managing Editor of The Christian Science Monitor, offers some perspectives on this question from one journalist and the newspaper he represents. David has held several posts for the Monitor, including news editor, international news editor, and chief of the New York Bureau, where he reported on a range of topics including international diplomacy at the United Nations. He joined the paper as a foreign correspondent in London. He has written for a number of other publications and has appeared on American and Canadian television. He also leads the Editors' Round Table, a discussion that leads off Monito Radio's Weekly Edition, and has appeared on The Christian Science Monitor Reports, a weekly television program produced by The Christian Science Publishing Society. Born in England and educated at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, he is now a naturalized American. He is a lifelong Christian Scientist.

David, why is it important that citizens really know what is going on in the world?

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