I disagree with Evelyn Waugh’s thoughts on news. His idea that “news is what a chap who doesn’t care much about anything wants to read” is a contradiction in itself. If one does not care much about anything, why would he bother reading the news? In addition, his thought, “…it’s only news until he’s read it [and] after that it’s dead”, is incorrect because even after “he” has read it, the news still lives on for others. According to William Safire, “news expands to fill the time and space allocated to its coverage”, and this contradicts Waugh’s belief because Safire is stating that news will always be present in any space it is able to reach, and even after one has read it, it still continues to live on. The news will spread and expand to others through any network possible, whether it be through the Internet, television, radio, newspaper, or even word of mouth. For example, the disastrous earthquake that struck Haiti had been announced on several news channels. Many people watched this announcement on television and read about it in newspapers and online. Although they had knowledge about it, the news did not die. This news continued to “expand to fill the … space”. Even after the week of its acknowledgement, those who knew about this catastrophe continued to spread the message as news. Therefore, Waugh’s idea about news dying after one has read it is not a viable statement.