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The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

Source: Journalism, Publicity, and the Lost Art of Political Argument, in Gannett Center Journal (New York, Spring 1990; repr. as The Lost Art of Political Argument, in Harper's, New York, Sept. 1990).
-- Christopher Lasch, (Jun 1 1932-1994), US cultural historian, writer; He wrote The Culture of Narcissism, 1979 and The Lost Art of Political Argument.

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