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We are, indeed, long past the time when the professional politicians were treated as revered beings of whom an inept ritual description had to be given. But the substitute has only been a putting of them into the limelight in another and more grotesque fashion, far less dignified, and quite equally false. WE ARE INDEED LONG PAST THE TIME WHEN THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS WERE TREATED AS REVERED BEINGS OF WHOM AN INEPTITUAL DESCRIPTION HAD TO BE GIVEN BUT THE SUBSTITUTE HAS ONLY BEEN A PUTTING OF THEM INTO THE LIMELIGHT IN ANOTHER AND MORE GROTESQUE FASHION FAR LESS DIGNIFIED AND QUITE EQUALLY FALSE
 of inconvenient doctrine have reached in the great Capitalist Press for some time past in England, is at least dangerously high. There is no one in public life but could give dozens of examples from his own experience of perfectly sensible letters to the Press, citing irrefutable testimony upon matters of the first importance, being refused publicity. Within the guild of the journalists, there is not a man who could not give you a hundred examples of deliberate suppression and deliberate falsehood by his employers both as regards news important to the nation and as regards great bodies of opinion. Equally significant with the mere vast numerical accumulation of such instances is their quality. Let me give a few examples. No straightforward, common-sense, _real_ description of any professional politician--his manners, capacities, way of speaking, intelligence--ever appears to-day in any of the great papers. We never have anything within a thousand miles of what men who meet them _say_.  OPINION AND THE BOYCOT OF INCONVENIENT DOCTRINE HAVE REACHED IN THE GREAT CAPITALIST PRESS FOR SOME TIME PAST IN ENGLAND IS AT LEAST DANGEROUSLY HIGH THERE IS NO ONE IN PUBLIC LIFE BUT COULD GIVE DOZENS OF EXAMPLES FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCE OF PERFECTLY SENSIBLE LETTERS TO THE PRESS CITING IRREFUTABLE TESTIMONY UPON MATTERS OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE BEING REFUSED PUBLICITY WITHIN THE GUILD OF THE JOURNALIST THERE IS NOT A MAN WHO COULD NOT GIVE YOU A HUNDRED EXAMPLES OF DELIBERATE SUPPRESSION AND DELIBERATE FALSEHOOD BY HIS EMPLOYERS BOTH AS REGARDS NEWS IMPORTANT TO THE NATION AND AS REGARDS GREAT BODIES OF OPINION EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT WITH THE MERE VAST NUMERICAL ACCUMULATION OF SUCH INSTANCES IS THEIR QUALITY LET ME GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES NO STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMON SENSE REAL DESCRIPTION OF ANY PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN HIS MANNERS CAPACITIES WAY OF SPEAKING INTELLIGENCE EVER APPEARS TO DAY IN ANY OF THE GREAT PAPERS WE NEVER HAVE ANYTHING WITHIN A THOUSAND MILES OF WHAT MEN WHO MEET THEM SAY
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