The primary purposes of the political pamphlets of the early 1700s were neither to enlighten nor educate the masses, but to incite partisan conversation and spread commensurate ideas. Facts were not permitted to fetter the views they espoused, and the restraints of objective journalistic credibility were discarded by pamphleteers bent on promoting subjective slant to an insatiable general public for whom political dissonance was an integral part of social interaction. Gavin John Adams
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The primary purposes of the political pamphlets of the early 1700s were neither to enlighten nor educate the masses, but to incite partisan conversation and spread commensurate ideas. Political pamphlets often don’t have a point, they are more about having an opinion rather than being informative or educating. Political pamphlets are full of subjective opinions, rather than objective facts. These writings are meant for people who want to be entertained with gossip about their political rivals, rather than being informed by objective news reports.

Source: Letters To John Law

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