Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
Harold Holzer
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell. Wilbur Storey”
“Samuel FB Morse's SECOND question over the telegraph was, "Have you any news?”
“Any journalist who holds the office writes in a straitjacket.”
“The letter is too belligerent. If I were you, I would state the facts as they were, without the pepper and salt. Abraham Lincoln”
“Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters.”
“Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the same time.”
“One paper boasted that its subscription and advertising numbers proved that America did not need the social change it rival paper advocated.”
“No greater mistake can be made than to assume that newspapers are correct indices of public opinion.”
“Newspaper accounts must not only be studied, but, occasionally refuted.”
“New York Times founder Henry Raymond started his newspaper, "with the goal of reforming government, not belittling it.”
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