Quote by George Orwell

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, an

Summary

This quote highlights the influence advertisers have on the media industry. It suggests that newspapers heavily rely on advertising revenue to sustain themselves, giving advertisers significant power to indirectly control the news by influencing what is reported and how it is presented. In this context, the quote implies that advertisers' interests and preferences may shape the content of news publications, potentially leading to a form of censorship where certain topics or perspectives that are not aligned with advertisers' objectives may be suppressed or marginalized.

Topics

Truth Advertising George Orwell Ideas Media News Censorship

By George Orwell

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment

A novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form.

Stendhal (MarieHenri Beyle), Le

If you learn from many wise men who disagree one another,you

If you learn from many wise men who disagree one another,you will find that there are many wisdoms came out of truth.In the end, you must find truth and define your own wisdom.

Wisdom Life Truth Define Find Yourself

Popular applause veers with the wind.

Popular applause veers with the wind.

It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who l

It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!

Luigi Pirandello

That's not to say that women's priorities are better than me

That's not to say that women's priorities are better than men's. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insis

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who y

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success;

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Happiness Wedding Love

She was so fat that she has a dress with a sign on the back

She was so fat that she has a dress with a sign on the back that says caution wide load

Rodney Dangerfield

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Eve

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.