THE WORLD WAS HIS OYSTER
Oct 10, 2019
4 minutes
story Queene Hooper Foster
The Manhattan publisher stood aboard his 268-foot (81.7-meter) yacht, letting the salt air of the Mediterranean wash over him as he once again lost his temper, ranting almost uncontrollably about the state of “fake news” back at home in America.
“We are a democracy,” he lectured his secretary, who dutifully listened as he yet again spun himself into a lather, “and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet that is by keeping the public informed about what is going on. There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there
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