The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear. [Pg. 142.]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Media often reinforces base human instincts by printing what people want rather than what is needed.
- In plain terms
- Newspapers give people what they want, not what they need.
- What can you take from it?
- Be aware that media often feeds instincts rather than reasoning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stories do you click on?
- How much do you trust headlines?
Another view
Some journalism aims to educate rather than entertain.
More from Elbert Hubbard
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Permalink to quote #24 The way to learn to earn a living is to go at it and earn a living.
Permalink to quote #26 The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Permalink to quote #23
Related quotes
The maddest phenomenon in this wholly mad world - that the filming or wirelessing of an event, whether it is the Grand National or an attack in force on the Ma…
James AgateJames Agate quote #5 But Hitler didn't strive for the annihilation of the Jews - he stressed that fact in public life and in the newspapers. Hitler merely said at the beginning tha…
Franz von PapenFranz von Papen quote #1 Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
F. H. BradleyF. H. Bradley quote #2