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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
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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.
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
All I know is what I read in the papers
All I know is what I read in the papers
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.
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
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.
