r/conspiracy: "There is no such thing in America as an independent press . . . We are the tools and vassals for rich men behind the scenes . . . Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." —John Swinton, former New York Times Chief of Staff

"There is no such thing in America as an independent press . . . We are the tools and vassals for rich men behind the scenes . . . Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." —John Swinton, former New York Times Chief of Staff

238 2017-10-08 by toxic_banana

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1 bunbun777 2017-10-08

Confessions of a shill. Once you realize our government, our monetary policy, our media, the majority of 'our' corporate interests have been subverted and hijacked by inter national financiers all these other conspiracies don't seem that far fetched.

1 wonkyhead 2017-10-08

The funny part is that people would believe this if it had been published in the new york times, but since it wasn't this guy is just a nut.

1 dukey 2017-10-08

I think the mainstream media completely self destructed in the middle of the election last year. Right now they are basically circling the drain.

1 know_comment 2017-10-08

the quote is from 1883

1 NutritionResearch 2017-10-08

Here's the source: http://www.archive.org/stream/newrepublicfound00scherich#page/122/mode/2up

1 toxic_banana 2017-10-08

MVP

1 BanMikePantsNow 2017-10-08

We are intellectual prostitutes.

He flatters himself. An IQ of 80 is sufficient to realize what the US MSM is up to.

1 LunaCyNthYa 2017-10-08

LMAO

1 fridaymonkeyk 2017-10-08

No shit. lol

1 LunaCyNthYa 2017-10-08

Sooo . . . the more things "change," the more they stay the same, right? This is as true today as ever.

1 BeaconOfAnonDim 2017-10-08

It makes me wonder if lying on such a mass scale should be a crime or not. I’ve seriously grappled with the question of whether bill oreily should be considered guilty of war crimes for lending such encouragement to Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

1 rcglinsk 2017-10-08

That may have been true at the time he said it, but as to contemporary reporters "intellectual" is going a bit too far.