Their constant yelping about a free press means, with a few honorable exceptions, freedom to peddle scandal, crime, … - Raymond Chandler

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Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

Raymond Chandler

Their constant yelping about a free press means, with a few honorable exceptions, freedom to peddle scandal, crime, sex, sensationalism, hate, innuendo and the political and financial uses of propaganda. A newspaper is a business out to make money through advertising revenue. That is predicated on the circulation and you know what circulation depends on.

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