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 literature in a hurry.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the
world, being the persuader of it?

Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the
world, being the persuader of it?

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.

A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.

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.

Journalism is the first rough draft of history.

Journalism is the first rough draft of history.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.