July 5, 2025

There is but one way for a newspaperman to look at a politician, and that is down.

Frank H. Simonds (1878–1936), American journalist, The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.191

Do you look up to newspapermen? Or down? Or are you indifferent? Account for your attitude?

Like the poet above [cited in the June 3 posting], Simonds is just another cheap shot artist.