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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. 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
 are a matter of degree; and who shall establish degree?" But I think we are agreed--and by "we" I mean all educated men with some knowledge of the world around us--that the degree to which the suppression of truth, the propagation of falsehood, the artificial creation of opinion, and the boycott 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. PHER SAID ALL THINGS ARE A MATTER OF DEGREE AND WHO SHALL ESTABLISH DEGREE BUT I THINK WE ARE AGREED AND BY WE I MEAN ALL EDUCATED MEN WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD AROUND US THAT THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUPPRESSION OF TRUTH THE PROPAGATION OF FALSEHOOD THE ARTIFICIAL CREATION OF 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
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