"It is chiefly, I regret to say,..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
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“Here's what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play.”
“The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.”
“Facts we would always place before our readers, whether they are palatable or not, and it is by placing them constantly before the public in their nakedness that the misunderstanding between the two communities in South Africa can be removed.”
More on Ignorance
“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.”
“We are all ignorant; just about different things.”
“When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.”