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The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.
The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.
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.
He comes, the herald of a noisy world,
With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;
News read more
He comes, the herald of a noisy world,
With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;
News from all nations lumbering at his back.
To serve thy generation, this thy fate:
"Written in water," swiftly fades thy name;
But he who read more
To serve thy generation, this thy fate:
"Written in water," swiftly fades thy name;
But he who loves his kind does, first and late,
A work too late for fame.
The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or read more
The idea that media is there to educate us, or to inform us, is ridiculous because that's about tenth or eleventh on their list.
Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the read more
Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, read more
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.
Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
Journalism is the first rough draft of history.
Journalism is the first rough draft of history.
