There must be something to say about a profession, one supposedly devoted to a serious search for the truth, in which the most famous piece of work is an essay defending the existence of a fictional character.
Perhaps the most famous, and popular, editorial of all time was written by Francis Pharcellus Church of The New York Sun and appeared on Sept. 21, 1897:
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
I am 8 years old.