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We’re All in This Together

“Your ultimate success as an industry is essential to the success of our democracy. It’s what makes this thing work. Thomas Jefferson once said that if he had the choice between a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, he would not hesitate to choose the latter.

“Clearly, Thomas Jefferson never had cable news to contend with, but his central point remains: A government without newspapers, a government without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts, is not an option for the United States of America.”

—President Barack Obama, at White House Correspondents Assn. dinner, May 9, 2009 URL

Editor’s Note: How about neither?

Today’s Wish-I-Were-Here Photo
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