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There was (and is) a further check upon the artificiality of the news side of the Press; which is that Reality always comes into its own at last. THERE WAS AND IS A FURTHER CHECK UPON THE ARTIFICIALITY OF THE NEW SIDE OF THE PRESS WHICH IS THAT REALITY ALWAYS COMES INTO ITS OWN AT LAST
e, never succeed unless it prints news in which people are interested and on the nature of which they can be taken in. A newspaper can manufacture interest, but there are certain broad currents in human affairs which neither a newspaper proprietor nor any other human being can control. If England is at war no newspaper can boycott war news and live. If London were devastated by an earthquake no advertising power in the Insurance Companies nor any private interest of newspaper owners in real estate could prevent the thing "getting into the newspapers." Indeed, until quite lately--say, until about the '80's or so--most news printed was really news about things which people wanted to understand. However garbled or truncated or falsified, it at least dealt with interesting matters which the newspaper proprietors had not started as a hare of their own, and which the public, as a whole, was determined to hear something about. Even to-day, apart from the war, there is a large element of this. PAPER CAN THEREFORE NEVER SUCCEED UNLESS IT PRINTS NEWS IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND ON THE NATURE OF WHICH THEY CAN BE TAKEN IN A NEWSPAPER CAN MANUFACTURE INTEREST BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN BROAD CURRENTS IN HUMAN AFFAIRS WHICH NEITHER A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR NOR ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING CAN CONTROL IF ENGLAND IS AT WAR NO NEWSPAPER CAN BOY CAT WAR NEWS AND LIVE IF LONDON WERE DEVASTATED BY AN EARTHQUAKE NO ADVERTISING POWER IN THE INSURANCE COMPANIES NOR ANY PRIVATE INTEREST OF NEWSPAPER OWNERS IN REAL ESTATE COULD PREVENT THE THING GETTING INTO THE NEWSPAPERS INDEED UNTIL QUITE LATELY SAY UNTIL ABOUT THE EIGHTIES OR SO MOST NEWS PRINTED WAS REALLY NEWS ABOUT THINGS WHICH PEOPLE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOWEVER GARBLED OR TRUNCATED OR FALSIFIED IT AT LEAST DEALT WITH INTERESTING MATTERS WHICH THE NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS HAD NOT STARTED AS A HAIR OF THEIR OWN AND WHICH THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE WAS DETERMINED TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT EVEN TO DAY APART FROM THE WAR THERE IS A LARGE ELEMENT OF THIS
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