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.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.

If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by read more

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

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.

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.

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.

All I know is what I read in the papers.

All I know is what I read in the papers.

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder read more

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.