Honest Journalism

«There is no such thing as a free press, you know it and I know it. There is not one of you who would dare to write his honest opinion. The business of a journalist is to destroy truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, fall at the feet of mammon, and sell himself for his daily bread. We are tools, vessels of rich men behind the scenes, we are jumping jacks. They pull the strings – we dance. Our talents, our possibilities, and our lives are the properties of these men. We are intellectual prostitutes.»

John Swainton, New York Times Editor in his farewell speech to the staff.