Michael Parenti: There is no such thing in America as an independent press. (…) You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write his honest opinions, and if you did you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid (…) for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with ―others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things― and any of you would be so foolish as to write his honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job (…) We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping-jacks; they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities, and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote9678