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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every...

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every...

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...

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

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 school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces...

Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces...

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 should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also...

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...