PolitiFact rated the claim “Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…"” Half True.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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