eli5 Touching newspapers makes my hands dirty, so how does newspaper clean windows?

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eli5 Touching newspapers makes my hands dirty, so how does newspaper clean windows?

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Metaphorically — reading a newspaper will educate you and thus “clean the window” for you to see what is happening in the world. However, at that moment you realize that you are already somehow involved in the things you read about, at least in your mind. Some of the things may be unpleasant and thus you are “getting your hands dirty” by reading.