Quoted from "America Faces the Future"
"One way to attain this democratic ideal would be to require that a certain number of columns should be at the disposal of each of the national parties, and perhaps of other important groups such as employee associations, the trade unions, an association of college graduates etc."
"These columns must be uncensored by the newspaper owner or editor. In this way facts and opinions that seem important to any respectable group could be got fairly before the public and every newspaper would become...a real open forum for discussion..."
"Every reform however must recognize that the Press is an institution of public service. Its potentialities for the education of the people are almost limitless. It could be used to create an intelligent democracy by voicing the various existing opinions upon every problem and noting accurately all relevant facts."
"If this ideal can be attained under the individualistic system of private ownership, well and good. But if the owners of the Press and of the great newsgathering agencies persist in using their power irresponsibly for the furthering of their own particular views and interests the public will find a way to limit or end that power."
"A "free press" must be taken to mean not a press that anyone who can afford to can buy and run as he chooses but a press free from dictation at the hands of any interest, free to serve the people as a whole."
"Nothing short of that will realize our ideal of Democracy in Journalism!"
"The ideal of democracy demands that every adult being should have a voice in every decision that directly affects his welfare."
