"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. 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. I am to write what I am told to write. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four 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." John Swinton, former Chief of Staff, The New York Times.

the truth about the media

"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. 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. I am to write what I am told to write. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four 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." John Swinton, former Chief of Staff, The New York Times.

I am from Russia and I am disgusted by the smear campaign against Russia conducted by media in America and Europe for the sake of American political goals.

I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with.

Dats the truth man,,
everywhere it is same..
everything is molded according to the requirement of peoples.
nobody is told the actual truth.
we r livin in d fake world with fake stories.
truth is blocked,, misinterpreted,, changed according to their mood.
everything is controlled by the peoples with money and power.
they r ****ing ruling.
haters....

"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. 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. I am to write what I am told to write. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four 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." John Swinton, former Chief of Staff, The New York Times.

And yet they slip there opinions in every day. subtly of course by ommission and outright disinformation. There was a time when the reporters could not release a report till they were absolutely sure of the facts. But now so desperate are they for CONTROVERSY that they completely ignore the real facts if it sells the news. Controversy sells- when the facts get in the way they are either partly omitted or phrased in such a way as to insinuate scandal. Its how our society is now. we crave it and as a result we never get the complete truth.

Dats the truth man,,
everywhere it is same..
everything is molded according to the requirement of peoples.
nobody is told the actual truth.
we r livin in d fake world with fake stories.
truth is blocked,, misinterpreted,, changed according to their mood.
everything is controlled by the peoples with money and power.
they r ****ing ruling.
haters....

You know, Ukraine and Russia were in one country called the USSR once? And the Crimea was Russian all along, then they just divided the borders for the convenience sake just as you would divide state borders in America. Then when the nationalist government came to power in Ukraine and started killing Russians living there, Russia took it back. Every action causes counteraction.