Thomas Jefferson Quote

"I will add, that the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors. He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false."

by:	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source:	Thomas Jefferson to John Norvell, June 11, 1807, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(tj100173))
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Categories:	Government, History, Media, Press, Propaganda, Truth
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He could have had the New York Times and most of the rest of the major news outlets in mind which are sold out to the Libs today.  -- jim k, Austin, Tx      6
The occupying statist theocracy infesting this land has its government schools and its media to proselyte in and from. Jefferson here sheds light on an historically reoccurring event.  -- Mike, Norwalk      6
Just substitute 'newspaper' with 'broadcast news' or 'mainstream media' and the quote is even more relevant today.  -- E Archer, NYC      6
Historically, lamentably, it has not normatively been the noblest among us who have aspired to become journalists.  -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill      4
-- Mary - MI
What goes around comes around . Common Sense makes it back to the table. "As in a circle".  -- Ronw13, Oregon      1
I think Thomas Jefferson's insights are awesome. Happy he is being brought to our times!  -- ELizabeth, Queens, NY      2
How did this man know so much about MSM and it's propaganda machine for the deep state?  -- Robert, Somewhere in the USA      2
Nothing has changed in over two hundred years..  -- BR King, Ogden      2

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