Source: Law & Liberty
by Jay Nordlinger
“Walter Lippmann believed that good journalism — sound journalism, honest journalism — was essential to liberal democracy. Bad journalism went hand in hand with bad politics and bad government. Talking about journalists, Lippmann said, ‘We do what every sovereign citizen is supposed to do but has not the time or the interest to do.’ And ‘that is no mean calling.'” (08/20/25)