I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.
In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.