[1] Labor's Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais,
published by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, NY,
1955/1979
04.09.2007
Pressens
stilling i samfunnet 1850 – 2007
Vi har nå fått se
Hva er pressens stilling i samfunnet, og hvor stor makt
har pressen? En av de største og mest anerkjente journalister mot slutten av
1800-tallet, Managing Editor i New York
“There is no such thing, at this date of the
world's history, in
There is not one of you who dares to write your
honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear
in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am
connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and
any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on
the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear
in one issue of my paper, before twentyfour hours my occupation would be gone.
The business of the journalists is to destroy the
truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of mammon,
and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I
know it, and what folly is this toasting an independent press?
We are the tools and
vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the
strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the
property of other men. We
are intellectual prostitutes.”[1]
Lite synes å ha endret seg på de 150 år som har passert
siden uttalelsen falt.
Herman J Berge
Luxembourg
1) Labor's
Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais, published by United
Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, NY, 1955/1979
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[1] Labor's Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais,
published by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, NY,
1955/1979