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A new voice criticizing by implication, or directly blaming or ridiculing a habit so formed, was necessarily an unpopular voice with the mass of readers, or, if it was not unpopular, that was only because it was negligible. A NEW VOICE CRITICISING BY IMPLICATION OR DIRECTLY BLAMING OR RIDICULING A HABIT SO FORMED WAS NECESSARILY AN UNPOPULAR VOICE WITH THE MASS OF READERS OR IF IT WAS NOT UNPOPULAR THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS NEGLIGIBLE
se they were refused advertisement subsidy and were boycotted. (4) In the fourth place, for reasons that will be apparent in a moment, they suffered from lack of information. To these four main disabilities the Free Papers in _this_ country added a fifth peculiarly our own; they stood in peril from the arbitrary power of the Political Lawyers. Let us consider first the main four points. When we have examined them all we shall see against what forces, and in spite of what negative factors, the Free Press has established itself to-day. 1 I say that in the first place the Free Press, being a reformer, suffered from what all reformers suffer from, to wit, that in their origins they must, by definition, go against the stream. The official Capitalist Press round about them had already become a habit when the Free Papers appeared. Men had for some time made it a normal thing to read their daily paper; to believe what it told them to be facts, and even in a great measure to accept its opinion. RICE THIS WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE REFUSED ADVERTISEMENT SUBSIDY AND WERE BOY COTTED FOUR THE FOURTH PLACE FOR REASONS THAT WILL BE APPARENT IN A MOMENT THEY SUFFERED FROM LACK OF INFORMATION TO THESE FOUR MAIN DISABILITIES THE FREE PAPERS IN THIS COUNTRY ADDED A FIFTH PARTICULARLY OUR OWN THEY STOOD IN PERIL FROM THE ARBITRARY POWER OF THE POLITICAL LAWYERS LET US CONSIDER FIRST THE MAIN FOUR POINTS WHEN WE HAVE EXAMINED THEM ALL WE SHALL SEE AGAINST WHAT FORCES AND IN SPITE OF WHAT NEGATIVE FACTORS THE FREE PRESS HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF TO DAY ONE I SAY THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE THE FREE PRESS BEING A REFORMER SUFFERED FROM WHAT ALL REFORMERS SUFFER FROM TO WIT THAT IN THEIR ORIGINS THEY MUST BY DEFINITION GO AGAINST THE STREAM THE OFFICIAL CAPITALIST PRESS ROUND ABOUT THEM HAD ALREADY BECOME A HABIT WHEN THE FREE PAPERS APPEARED MEN HAD FOR SOME TIME MADE IT A NORMAL THING TO READ THEIR DAILY PAPER TO BELIEVE WHAT HAD TOLD THEM TO BE FACTS AND EVEN IN A GREAT MEASURE TO ACCEPT ITS OPINION
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