"The point about the Press is that it is not what it is called. It is not the "popular Press". It is not the public Press. It is not an organ of public opinion. It is a conspiracy of a very few millionaires, all sufficiently similar in type to agree on the limits of what this great nation (to which we belong) may know about itself and its friends and enemies."
What is impressive here, at least for me, is that this was written at the beginning of the 20th century. The situation is exactly the same these days. These millionaires succeded in making most of us believe they merely write a mirror of reality. Incidentally, I've just realized the double meaning of the english word "press". Is this a coincidence?
The previous paragraph of the essay is also very nice, and actually prepares well the message:
"It always takes a considerable time to see the simple and central fact about anything. All sorts of things have been said about the modern Press, especially the Yellow Press; that it is Jingo or Philistine or sensational or wrongly inquisitive or vulgar or indecent or trivial; but none of these have anything really to do with the point."
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