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> It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more compleatly deprive the nation of it's benefits, than is done by it's abandoned prosti
by igitur 10y ago
> It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more compleatly deprive the nation of it's benefits, than is done by it's abandoned prostitution to falsehood.
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- mvp 10y agoAlthough I can guess what this should mean, I don't think I quite understand what this actually means - "its abandoned prostitution to falsehood".
- logical_proof 10y agoBasically the metaphor is that the MSM has given up on truth and now is willing to report anything for ratings i.e. Money, hence prostituting itself to whatever sells even falsehood.