The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

Quote by A J Liebling

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An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the...

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...

If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot...

If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot...

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

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

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

The way to write is well, and how is your own business.

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster...

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society...

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society...

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort...

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one...

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span

The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the...

The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the...

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...