Harry Truman once compared the press to prostitutes

New York Post ^ | 5/17/17 | Massarella

[pabianice]

Donald Trump isn’t the only U.S. president who loved to bash the Washington press corps.

The original “Give ‘em Hell” Harry S. Truman called journalists covering the White House “prostitutes of the mind” in a letter written on Dec. 29, 1955 to pal Dean Acheson.

In the salty letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, Truman rails against newspaper writers and columnists, calling them “more dangerous” than street walkers.

“Presidents and the members of their Cabinets and their staff members have been slandered and misrepresented since George Washington,” Truman wrote in the hand-written diatribe. “When the press is friendly to an administration the opposition has been lied about and treated to the excrescence [sic] of paid prostitutes of the mind.”

The letter is one of dozens of historical documents – including the original manuscript for Alcoholics Anonymous “Big Book” — up for auction June 8 in New York.

[pabianice]

Pretty good president, too.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“Presstitutes” is the correct term.

[Responsibility2nd]

Presstitutes.

[Mr. K]

Presstitutes or my new favorite “Whorenalists”

[Navy Patriot]

Harry Truman once compared the press to prostitutes

An unnecessary affront to prostitutes, he could have used the rabies virus or tapeworms.

[Mr. K]

oohh I got a good one: “Urinealists”

[mulligan]

He told the truth. Describes the press perfectly.

[Bogie]

Deny the existence of Key West and wipe Truman from the history books.

[headstamp 2]

Pressholes

and Mediots

[Navy Patriot]

“Whorenalists”

Very good, I enjoy expanding my vocabulary.

[sport]

That is a bad comparison. The prostitute provided a service for the fee. I would, even though I personally believe the parasite is the better entity, compare the press to a parasite. A reporter, or journalists, as they refer to themselves meets all the attributes of a parasite.

[Red Badger]

He insulted prostitutes?...............

[Bogie]

If this keeps up, it will make it into Webster’s.

[Red Badger]

Leeches................

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Ridden hard and put away dry …"

[FiddlePig]

Indeed he did... prostitutes provide a actual product and/or service that their customers value.

[Little Ray]

Why did Truman insult prostitutes so badly? What did they ever do to him?

[sport]

That is a good one. And appropriate.

[Red Badger]

The original Capitalists..................

[DungeonMaster]