The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business - advertising either goods, or a cause, or a government. He just has to make up his mind whom he wants to entertain, and what he wants to advertise.
There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep. - Claud Cockburn
There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep.
- Claud Cockburn
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow t… - Claud Cockburn
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow t…
A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands. - Claud Cockburn
A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands.
Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe. - Claud Cockburn
Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.
If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe t… - Claud Cockburn
If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe t…
Believe nothing until it has been officially denied. - Claud Cockburn
Believe nothing until it has been officially denied.
Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead. - Claud Cockburn
Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead.
Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way it's supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big d… - Claud Cockburn
Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way it's supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big d…
An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions. - Claud Cockburn
An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions.
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