Reallly/ Over and over again, the work of journalists and writers influences people, and when enough people are influences, it brings change. Change has become very rapid in some instances, because the power of the written and spoken word has effected so many people.

There are a mass of laws that have been written into legislation because one person decided something was wrong, and then it got written about, and people's emotion's were stirred, and then they got active and put power on their politicians.