Jesus fucking christ on a cracker…I know it’s standard practice to eulogize a person in a favorable light, but pioneer? Really?

He was the P. T. Barnum of the new media — a fearless showman who reveled in taking on the elites, both in media and in public office. A media entrepreneur, his business model relied on giving public speeches and so he was always on the road, spreading the gospel of fair journalism and making new friends — and enemies — wherever he went.