Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their Congressmen, countries try to believe in their statesmen, but they _can't_.

Too many voices, too much scattered, illogical, ill-considered criticism.

It's worse in the case of newspapers.

Any rich, unprogressive old party with that particularly grasping, acquisitive form of mentality known as financial genius can own a paper that is the intellectual meat and drink of thousands of tired, hurried men, men too involved in the business of modern living to swallow anything but predigested food.

For two cents the voter buys his politics, prejudices, and philosophy.