For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the bo…

Walter Lippmann
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For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only serious book most people read. It is the only book they read every day. ✨ Liberty and the News ch. 2 (1920)
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