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Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
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.
If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with read more
If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
they are instruments of ambition. A man read more
Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big
enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements;
by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of
news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an
ambassador.
Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost,
Who sums the treasure that it carries hence?
Torn, trampled read more
Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost,
Who sums the treasure that it carries hence?
Torn, trampled under feet, who counts thy cost,
Star-eyed intelligence?
Try to be conspicuously accurate in everything, pictures as well as text. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it read more
Try to be conspicuously accurate in everything, pictures as well as text. Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.
Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
If there's a hole in read more
Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;-
If there's a hole in a' your coats,
I rede you tent it:
A chield's amang you takin notes,
And, faith, he'll prent it.