The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising.
I. F. StoneEvery emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
I. F. StoneThe difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
I. F. Stone