Claud Cockburn Quote

The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business – advertising either goods, or a cause, or a government. He just has to make up his mind whom he wants to entertain, and what he wants to advertise.


Page 220 - A Discord of Trumpets (1956)


The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business –...

The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business –...

The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business –...

The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business –...