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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.