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Longtime Valley journalist Gilbert Tagle, Jr. dies at 68

Longtime Valley journalist Gilbert Tagle, Jr. dies at 68

By David A. DíazSpecial to the AdvanceVeteran print journalist Gilbert Tagle, Jr., 68, most well-known as the former editor of the Edinburg Daily Review in the 1980s and 1990s, didn’t come up with the famous saying, “It’s a newspaper’s duty to print news and raise hell.”But he sure was a champion of that idea, first proclaimed by American humorist and writer Finley Peter Dunne, who became famous in the late 1800s and early 1900s “for his witty and insightful commentary on political and social issues of his time."This quote reflects the core principle of journalism, emphasizing the importance of news ...

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