The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.
タグ: first, prejudice, journalism, law

"Alexander Cockburn"の他の名言

Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.
タグ: be-careful, cannot, remember, people
They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.
タグ: sick, war, peace, truth
England in the late 1940s was famously grim. As I remember it, London back then was a very dirty place, from coal dust and smoke, from the grit stirred up every day by the jackhammers still clearing out rubble from the Blitz.
タグ: late, remember, smoke, day
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
タグ: assassin, weapon, advocate, sword, soldier
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