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> [“The moral division of labor between newspapers, then, may parallel the moral division of the human faculties between the more respectable faculties of abstraction and the less respectable feelings. People control themselves to read of politics in fine print; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/the-moral-division-of-labor-between-newspapers-then-may-parallel-the/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

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## More by Michael Schudson

> [Expensive, well-executed, and familiar ads convince the investors, as nothing in the black and white tables of assets and debits can, that the company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/expensive-well-executed-and-familiar-ads-convince-the-investors-as/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [Objectivity, in this sense, means that a person's statements about the world can be trusted if they are submitted to established rules deemed legitimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/objectivity-in-this-sense-means-that-a-person-s-statements-about-the/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [Advertising is much less powerful than advertisers and critics of advertising claim, and advertising agencies are stabbing in the dark much more than they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/advertising-is-much-less-powerful-than-advertisers-and-critics-of/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [It should be apparent that the belief in objectivity in journalism, as in other professions, is not just a claim about what kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/it-should-be-apparent-that-the-belief-in-objectivity-in-journalism-as/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/if-there-are-signs-that-americans-bow-to-the-gods-of-advertising/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [If advertising is not an official or state art, it is nonetheless clearly art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/if-advertising-is-not-an-official-or-state-art-it-is-nonetheless/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [The story of journalism, on a day-to-day basis, is the story of the interaction of reporters and officials](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/the-story-of-journalism-on-a-day-to-day-basis-is-the-story-of-the/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [Even if, as is generally the case, everything that the ad says about the product is scrupulously honest, or at any rate scrupulously avoids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/even-if-as-is-generally-the-case-everything-that-the-ad-says-about/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [Different groups are differentially vulnerable to advertising; and their vulnerability varies not so much with the character or quantity of advertisements as with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/different-groups-are-differentially-vulnerable-to-advertising-and/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [“Riding an omnibus or street railway was a novel experience. For the first time in human history, people other than the very wealthy could,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/riding-an-omnibus-or-street-railway-was-a-novel-experience-for-the/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [“But into the first decades of the twentieth century, even at the New York Times, it was uncommon for journalists to see a sharp…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/but-into-the-first-decades-of-the-twentieth-century-even-at-the-new/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [Sales may lead to advertising as much as advertising leads to sales.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/sales-may-lead-to-advertising-as-much-as-advertising-leads-to-sales/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/advertisements-ordinarily-work-their-wonders-to-the-extent-that-they/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [“Objectivity is a peculiar demand to make of institutions which, as business corporations, are dedicated first of all to economic survival. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/objectivity-is-a-peculiar-demand-to-make-of-institutions-which-as/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

> [The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers... advertising will be more successful the more impoverished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schudson/the-effectiveness-of-advertising-depends-on-the-amount-and-kind-of/)

[Michael Schudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schudson/)

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