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XVIII The effect of the Free Press from all these causes may be compared to the cumulative effect of one of the great offensives of the present war. LEAN THE EFFECT OF THE FREE PRESS FROM ALL OF THESE CAUSES MAY BE COMPARED TO THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ONE OF THE GREAT OFFENSES OF THE PRESENT WAR
 seen a syllable of it in his daily paper. But things happen. He sees first a great soldier, then a well-advertised politician, not a rich man, but very widely talked about, made peers. The events are normal in each case, and he is not moved. But sooner or later there comes a case in which he has local knowledge. He says to himself: "Why on earth is So-and-so made a peer (or a front bench man, or what not)? Why, in the name of goodness, is this very rich but unknown, and to my knowledge incompetent, man suddenly put into such a position?" Then he remembers what he was told, begins to ask questions, and finds out, of course, that money passed; perhaps, if he is lucky, he finds out which professional politician pouched the money--and even how much he took! FOOTNOTES: [1] A friend of mine in the Press Gallery used to represent "I have yet to learn that the Government" by a little twirl, and "What did the right honourable gentleman do, Mr. Speaker? He had the audacity" by two spiral dots.   CHAPTER EIGHTEEN OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLAC RECORDING BY SHAME MC 
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