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 Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost,
 Who sums the treasure that it carries hence?
  Torn, trampled read more 
 Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost,
 Who sums the treasure that it carries hence?
  Torn, trampled under feet, who counts thy cost,
   Star-eyed intelligence? 
You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
Journalism is merely history's first draft.
Journalism is merely history's first draft.
 A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon,
 A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,
  Condemn'd to drudge, the read more 
 A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon,
 A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,
  Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean,
   And furbish falsehoods for a magazine. 
 Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the 
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate read more 
 Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the 
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more 
important far than they all. 
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
 Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the 
press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power read more 
 Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the 
press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and 
muzzled the politicians. 
When found, make a note of.
When found, make a note of.
 Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as 
they are instruments of ambition. A man read more 
 Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as 
they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big 
enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; 
by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of 
news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an 
ambassador.