A newspaper ... must at all times antagonize the selfish interests of that very class which furnishes the larger part of a newspaper's income ... The press in this country is now and has always been so thoroughly dominated by the wealthy few of the country that it cannot be depended upon to give the great mass of the people that correct information concerning political, economical, and social subjects which it is necessary that the mass of people shall have in order that they shall vote and in all ways act in the best way to protect themselves from the brutal force and chicanery of the ruling and employing classes ... I have only one principle and that is represented by an effort to make it harder for the rich to grow richer and easier for the poor to keep from growing poorer.

-- Edward Wyllis Scripps, founder of the first modern newspaper chain