“… the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” -- Thomas Jefferson, Memoirs, Correspondence And Private Papers Of Thomas Jefferson.
That isn't Mark Twain criticising the press. He's just bragging about how hard his people are fucking the American people. Probably said that shit at a wine and cheese party to a Rockefeller and they probably both laughed about it.
Jefferson knew too:
“… the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” -- Thomas Jefferson, Memoirs, Correspondence And Private Papers Of Thomas Jefferson.
The SHOW is always ON
Excellent. Thank you for posting that quote.-
And coming from a newspaperman at that.
That isn't Mark Twain criticising the press. He's just bragging about how hard his people are fucking the American people. Probably said that shit at a wine and cheese party to a Rockefeller and they probably both laughed about it.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls/
https://marktwainstudies.com/a-disturbing-passion-mark-twain-the-angelfish/
Well that certainly is creepy.