Media diversity is important – Quote by A. J. Liebling

„A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.“

A. J. LieblingA. J. Liebling compares a city with only one newspaper to a one-eyed man – a warning against lack of media diversity.
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A. J. Liebling was an American journalist and writer, known for his insightful observations on the media landscape.

A quote about the importance of media diversity for a healthy democracy.


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Abbott Joseph Liebling (1904–1963) was an American journalist best known for his columns in The New Yorker. He wrote about media, politics, and society, renowned for his critical and humorous analyses.

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""Freedom of the press is the freedom of two hundred rich people to spread their opinions. As the production of newspapers and magazines requires ever greater capital, the circle of people who publish press organs is becoming smaller and smaller. This makes our dependence ever greater and ever more dangerous. There are oases in the German press where the air of freedom still blows, but how many of my colleagues can say the same? Those who are rich are free. That's not from Karl Marx, but from Paul Sethe. Since journalists are not rich, they are not free either."" Paul Sethe
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