I don’t want fair treatment – we want propaganda. We want newspaper guys dedicated to the overthrow of the system. I mean the concept of fair reporting is as ridiculous as the concept of a fair trial. You see, asking for fair reporting doesn’t go to the root of why newspapers exist in this country, what their role is in a capitalist society, you know, what their relationship is to the ruling class who makes the decisions around the newspapers. Is it the people who buy the newpapers, or is it the advertisers, is it the board of trustees, what are their backgrounds, you know? It doesn’t go to the root of those kinds of questions, so we don’t want fair reporting, no. No, we want the press to lie, how’s that? Lie, tell the truth, what’s the difference?
Abbie Hoffman, Viking Youth Radio Show,1969
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