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All I know is what I read in the papers.
All I know is what I read in the papers.
A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism; when a great read more
Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism; when a great one goes, like the New York Herald Tribune, history itself is denied a devoted witness.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, read more
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable
Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.
Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
