Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "The Hill"
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Its the saddest part of Western Society the loss of our public information system. Thomas Jefferson famously hated journalists and newspapers but also recognized how important they are to a fair and free society. I'm Australian and even I know about that.
Here's 3 that are incredibly relevant Jefferson quotes to todays issues. On the first one you can easily swap out the words "reads nothing but newspapers" for "watches nothing but opinion TV." That applies to ALL of them, FOX, MSNBC, CNN,....etc. As for the second note what he says about being capable of reading which implies being educated enough to have some discernment. The 3rd is important, because physically pounding FOX, MSNBC, WaPo, NYT or any of the other opinion mutts isn't a solution even though many of them deserve an ass kicking.
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them."
"I am… for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents."
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