Chesterton on the press, circa ’24 and ’07

“Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.”

– G.K. Chesterton, GK’s Weekly, April 7, 1923

Pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? And presents evidence that maybe what we’re just “discovering” about the press has been true for a long time. Or that the UK press simply anticipated the state of the US press? Or that they’ve all reached a common murky bottom?

We need someone to really keep track of those “alleged facts” being thrown our way by the press and credibly challenged by alternative media over the last perhaps ten years. I think it would be a staggering list.

Thanks to reader “Don,” for the quote.

The state of the press is clearly part-and-parcel of Siggy’s pathology which drives conflict?

As one of my nieces would say, “well, duh.”