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Quote from H. L. Mencken,

What chiefly distinguishes the daily press is its incurable fear of ideas, its constant effort to evade the discussion of fundamentals
by translating all issues into a few elemental fears, its incessant reduction of all reflection to mere emotion.



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H. L. Mencken (more quotes by H. L. Mencken or books by/about H. L. Mencken)


(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

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Fear, Press, Propaganda

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