Quote of the Day for 2016-09-21

"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

— A.J. Liebling (1904-1963) "Toward a One-Paper Town," The New Yorker (February 12, 1949)

Rupert Murdoch standing under the printing presses of the New York Post (November 8, 1985) Protograph by Roger Ressmeyer

Quote of the Day for 2016-07-27

"In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits which the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils which it engenders."

— Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) Democracy in America, volume 1, chapter 3 (1835)

Front page of the New York Post after Hillary Clinton admonished Senator Ron Johnson during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Benghazi terrorist attack (January 24, 2013)