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Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.
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.
The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.
The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.
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.
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.
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.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
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
