Abuse Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“the job of the press is to disprove the falsehoods that power invariably disseminates to protect itself.”

— Glenn Greenwald

The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The…

— Honore de Balzac

It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that as yet…

— Thomas Jefferson

“No one has a monopoly on the truth, but the whole premise of our democracy is that truth and justice must win out. And…

— Dan Rather

It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated.

— Angelina Grimke

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests…

— Henry Adams

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There…

— John McAfee

A lot of publishers have close relationships with people in power. So the press, which used to speak truth to power, doesn't. The big…

— Craig Newmark

Public support in the U.S. for the war against Iraq was founded on a multitiered edifice of falsehood and deceit, coordinated by the U.S.…

— Arundhati Roy

“How the press, for example, loves to brag to its victims— its readers—about its freedom. Yes, the press may be free to lie and…

— Willis Carto

The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

— Thomas Griffith