The business of the journalist 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, so
what folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the
scenes... They pull the strings... AND WE DANCE.
- John Swinton, former chief-of-staff for the New
York Times, in an address to fellow journalists.
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