Leon Trotsky (Bolshevik revolutionary leader): “Zola wrote of the French financial press that it could be divided into two groups: the venal, and the so-called “incorruptible” that sells itself only in exceptional cases and at a very high price. Something of the sort may be said of the mendacity of newspapers in general. The yellow press lies as a matter of course, without hesitating or looking back. Newspapers like The Times or Le Temps speak the truth on all unimportant and inconsequential occasions, so that they can deceive the public with all the requisite authority when necessary” (Leon Trotsky, “My Life’, Chapter 45, “The planet without a visa”: https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1930/mylife/ch45.htm ).