Freedom of the press Quote by Michael Parenti

“The press of the United States? It is a parasitic growth that battens on the capitalist class. Its function is to serve the established…

— Jack London

“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

“The press in New York has tended to favor New Society in every period, and to take it seriously, if only because it provides…

— Tom Wolfe

Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America, for the universal education of the poorest…

— Washington Irving

The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion.

— Albert Einstein

The power of the press in America is a primordial one. It sets the agenda of public discussion; and this sweeping political power is…

— Theodore White

Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.

— John Harwood

“Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quickly subsides into the general…

— Ruth Ozeki

The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater…

— Anonymous

“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Concentration of ownership in the media is high and increasing. Furthermore, those who occupy managerial positions in the media, or gain status within them…

— Noam Chomsky

The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and…

— Carl Bernstein