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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
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.
From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars.
From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.
The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.
Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization
Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization
Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a
managed or well-conducted one.
Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a
managed or well-conducted one.
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
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
