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Let us take each of these in their order. LET US TAKE EACH OF THESE IN THEIR ORDER
t it is, in spite of its disabilities, not only a growing force, but a salutary one, and, in a certain measure, a conquering one. It is to this argument that I shall now ask my readers to direct themselves. X The rise of what I have called "The Free Press" was due to a reaction against what I have called "The Official Press." But this reaction was not single in motive. Three distinct moral motives lay behind it and converged upon it. We shall do well to separate and recognize each, because each has had it's effect upon the Free Press as a whole, and that Free Press bears the marks of all three most strongly to-day. The first motive apparent, coming much earlier than either of the other two, was the motive of (A) _Propaganda_. The second motive was (B) _Indignation against the concealment of Truth_, and the third motive was (C) _Indignation against irresponsible power_: the sense of oppression which an immoral irresponsibility in power breeds among those who are unhappily subject to it.  CHAPTER TEN OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILARE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAME MC LEAN THE RISE OF WHAT I HAVE CALLED THE FREE PRESS WAS DUE TO A REACTION AGAINST WHAT I HAVE CALLED THE OFFICIAL PRESS BUT THIS REACTION WAS NOT SINGLE IN MOTIVE THREE DISTINCT MORAL MOTIVES LAY BEHIND IT AND CONVERGED UPON IT WE SHALL DO WELL TO SEPARATE AND RECOGNIZE EACH BECAUSE EACH HAS HAD ITS EFFECT UPON THE FREE PRESS AS A WHOLE AND THAT FREE PRESS BEARS THE MARKS OF ALL THREE MOST STRONGLY TO DAY THE FIRST MOTIVE APPARENT COMING MUCH EARLIER THAN EITHER OF THE OTHER TWO WAS THE MOTIVE OF A PROPAGANDA THE SECOND MOTIVE WAS B INDIGNATION AGAINST THE CONCEALMENT OF TRUTH AND THE THIRD MOTIVE WAS C INDIGNATION AGAINST IRRESPONSIBLE POWER THE SENSE OF OPPRESSION WHICH AN IMMORAL IRRESPONSIBILITY IN POWER BREEDS AMONG THOSE WHO ARE UNHAPPILY SUBJECTED TO IT
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