Abstract
Relations of press and government, and particularly the plans for forging the Ministry of Information into an effective instrument of national policy, were leading topics of discussion in British newspapermen's journals during this quarter. Despite the outbreak of war, writers in these periodicals were very sensitive during September to the activities of the ministry and severely critical of every evidence of bungling on the part of the new government agency. Complaint was directed particularly against useless suppression of news and against the roster of appointees to the’ ministry which showed that comparatively few newspaper-trained men had been selected. The urgent need for government aid to British news agencies and communication facilities, in an effort to assure widespread dissemination of “news of British origin,” was also emphasised.
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