http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a363e719a0739.htm
Cites a book from the early fifties from the Communist dominated, United
Electrical Workers by Boyer and Morais.
Did he say it in 1953 or 1880? Say it at all? Or is this "quote" something
that started on the Stalinist hard left, and migrated over time to the far
right? Doing a Yahoo search
http://ink.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=%22There+is+no+such+thing%2C+at+this+date+o
f+the+world%27s+history%2C+in%22&hc=0&hs=0
found citations from the left (Norman Soomon, Save Pacifica Radio) and nutty
far right, even racists. (John Whitely,
www.inforamp.net/%7Ejwhitley/bankers1.htm
and this www.whitesonly.net/newsmedia.html)
Source: Labor's Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais,
1955/1979 John Swinton.
Usually, when both political extremes believe the same thing, they are
both wrong!
Michael Pugliese
"One night, probably in 1880, John Swinton, then the preeminent New York
journalist, was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of
his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to
the independent press. Swinton outraged his colleagues by replying:
"There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as
an independent press. You know it and I know it
. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if
you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid
weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with.
Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you
who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the
streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear
in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be
gone.
"The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth, to lie outright,
to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his
country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it, and
what folly is this toasting an independent press?
We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the
jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our
possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are
intellectual prostitutes."
(Source: Labor's Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais,
published by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, NY,
1955/1979.)
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL SPITZER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:38 PM
Subject: The Media, Can You Trust It?
> [This was sent to me, so I can not vouch for it's accuracy. --MS]
>
>
>
> John Swinton, the former chief of staff of the "New York Times,"
> called by his peers, "the dean of his profession", was asked in
> 1953 to give a toast before the New York Press Club. He responded
> with the following statement:
>
> "There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in
> America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it.
> There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions,
> and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in
> print.
>
> "I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper
> I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for
> similar things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to
> write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for
> another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one
> issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would
> be gone.
>
> "The business of the Journalist is to destroy truth; To lie
> outright; To pervert; To vilify; To fawn at the feet of mammon,
> and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You
> know it and I know it and what folly is this toasting an
> independent press? We are the tools and vassals for rich men
> behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the
> strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and or lives
> are all the property of other men. We are intellectual
> prostitutes."
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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>
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> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
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