Author Archives: Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais
JOHN SWINTON ON THE AMERICAN PRESS
ONE night, probably in 1880,John Swinton, then the pre-eminent New York journalist, was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to the independent press. Swinton outraged his colleagues by replying: “There is no such thing, at…
