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Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the read more
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.
 Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; 
for it is they who form a communication between the read more 
 Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; 
for it is they who form a communication between the learned and 
the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two 
great divisions of the public. 
I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers read more
I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it
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.
 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? 
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.
 None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than 
three estates, namely, Kings, Lords read more 
 None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than 
three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing by 
in silence that very large and powerful body which form the 
fourth estate in the community . . . the Mob. 
 The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a 
proper method to catch the reader's eye; without read more 
 The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a 
proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good 
thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of 
bankrupt. 
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.