"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."

Source : Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.216, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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