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The development of Capitalism meant that a smaller and a yet smaller number of men commanded the means of production and of distribution whereby could be printed and set before a large circle a news sheet fuller than the old model. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITALISM MEANT THAT A SMALLER AND A YET SMALLER NUMBER OF MEN COMMANDED THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND OF DISTRIBUTION WHEREBY COULD BE PRINTED AND SET BEFORE A LARGE CIRCLE A NEW SHEET FULLER THAN THE OLD MODEL
re able to criticize whatever was presented to it. But though present they had no great force; for the adventure of a newspaper was limited. The older method of obtaining news was still remembered and used. The regular readers of anything, paper or book, were few, and those few cared much more for the quality of what they read than for its amount. Moreover, they had some means of judging its truth and value. In this early phase, moreover, the Press was necessarily highly diverse. One man could print and sell profitably a thousand copies of his version of a piece of news, of his opinions, or those of his clique. There were hundreds of other men who, if they took the pains, had the means to set out a rival account and a rival opinion. We shall see how, as Capitalism grew, these safeguards decayed and the bad characters described were increased to their present enormity. III Side by side with the development of Capitalism went a change in the Press from its primitive condition to a worse.  CHAPTER THREE OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAWNE MC LEAN SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITALISM WENT TO CHANGE IN THE PRESS FROM ITS PRIMITIVE CONDITION TO A WORSE
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