Finley Peter Dunne (Mr. Dooley):
Th newspaper does ivrything f’r us. It runs th’ polis foorce an’ th’ banks, commands th’ milishy, controls th’ ligislachure, baptizes th’ young, marries th’ foolish, comforts th’ afflicted, afflicts th’ comfortable, buries th’ dead an’ roasts thim aftherward.
For some reason not entirely clear to me the craft of journalism has taken this criticism as a badge of honor.
