--- title: "3 Robert W. McChesney Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist... | Robert Waterman McChesney was an American professor notable in the history and political economy of communications, and the rol..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-robert-w-mcchesney-87473.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert W. McChesney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-robert-w-mcchesney-87473.jpg) # Robert W. McChesney (1952–2025) Journalist **3** quotes in **16** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert W. McChesney was a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Robert W. McChesney Born December 22, 1952 Died March 25, 2025 Profession Journalist ## About Robert W. McChesney American journalist... \| Robert Waterman McChesney was an American professor notable in the history and political economy of communications, and the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. He was the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champai ## Quotes by Robert W. McChesney > [“If you are using an internet service for free, you are not the customer, you are the product.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-mcchesney/if-you-are-using-an-internet-service-for-free-you-are-not-the/) [Robert W. McChesney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-mcchesney/) [Customer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/robert-w-mcchesney-87473_internet_if-you-are-using-an-internet-service-for_902400.jpg) > [“My core argument is that most assessments of the Internet fail to ground it in political economy; they fail to understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-mcchesney/my-core-argument-is-that-most-assessments-of-the-internet-fail-to/) [Robert W. McChesney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-mcchesney/) [Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/robert-w-mcchesney-87473_economics_my-core-argument-is-that-most-assessment_1106283.jpg) > [ “In the United States \[…\] the two main business-dominated parties, with the support of the corporate community, have refused to reform laws… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-w-mcchesney/in-the-united-states-the-two-main-business-dominated-parties-with-the/) [Robert W. McChesney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-mcchesney/) [Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/robert-w-mcchesney-87473_capitalism_in-the-united-states-the-two-main-busine_2066974.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-w-mcchesney/#itemlist", "name": "Robert W. 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