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Press freedom earns approval more for the evils it prevents than the good it ensures

Drawn from what Alexis de Tocqueville said

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journalism How reporting is made and why to believe it: sourcing conventions, incentives, and reading across biased accounts.

What Alexis de Tocqueville actually said

  1. Alexis de Tocqueville French political philosopher and historian (1805 to 1859)
    I confess that I do not entertain that firm and complete attachment to the liberty of the press which things that are supremely good in their very nature are wont to excite in the mind; and I approve of it more from a recollection of the evils it prevents than from a consideration of the advantages it ensures.

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