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BRITISH JOURNALISM.

paper'.Press.-.to sway.the .■oloctors'is.i.de-' according' to".. thefiviow of. tho ;L()!ul(ji] v; J.C'oi'i'cspc)ii(!ciit' ; 'ofV' tlio' Sydney ;' -,' ;■■■'■' -Tho"' tendency ■' ''of .'?''!■ t'ho 'poopie : ot; this'; country -V .writes the "cor-, ■respondent,.'is' to ... look-- moro to their and' less for political. test- the truti) o£ ihis;.eonclusion one lias but to'consider, the. '.- political ■■■ standing 'of ,'■'tho... great group'of Harmsworth newspapers.;' Lord. Norlhclilfc's- printing -'■■ machines '"':' turnout/many 'million copies daily of ! overs'.! class- of paper, from .."Tho : .Times" ..to', tho'-i '.'Daily Mirror,"' and '""the' penny .novelette.';., 'But. ■ politically ■ tho Harmsworth presses ignored.....Peoplo only quoto tho leading'articles oven of.''Tlio times" to-day, when thoro comes an .unexpected declaration as that which denounced th0...-.employers of ■'■ Dublin,' and-said 'that "they were' entirely re-' sponsible for tlio ■'■- creation of Larkin and the...present 'turmoil, in tho . Irish' capital. And attention is ' only given toa .'.'leader" liko that just as it would' be.fa' declaration ■■ from Mr. . Bouar Law-that ho had siiddonly become converted to : tho. Homo Rule- Bill. -Tho article was . a nine days' wonder, because ■•, it iiWas a journalistic freak;, It was a. rare piece of open 1 confession, a complete-chango of attitude on.tlio part of a great journal which has spent oceans.,of' ink' writing in ■a ' contrary strain. Had ."Tho Times" continued each day for a fortnight-- to abandon important'planks of its traditional policy, it would for a fortnight or a littlo moro have exorcised a great influence in tho country. .Doubtless largo numbers of people would liavo followed it in its heresies.' But that was quite abnormal. Tho increase in tho circulation of tho first 20 or 30 papers published in .London and the provinces lias been in recent years quite without, precedent. One or two. daily newspapers have now a. circulation of above a million, whilo some of tho Sunday issues rim into two or three.millions. - And-whilo this increase is taking-place,' tho British Press becomes lighter and lighter. Tho craze-'is. for'news,-.for brief,. pointed, human'stories of'every class, i. }*''''i$ Interest in Politics..; There is no diminution of the interest taken in politics. On tho contrary, almost every man and an increasing number of women arts more or loss politicians. Thanks to tho chango in tho stylo of oratory, the speeches of political leaders aro now read as they never were before. 'Hie statesman is getting into closer touch with tho people. Led by Mr. Lloyd George, ho lias substituted bright, racy speeches for cumbersome, classical rhetoric. And the brightness of the modern orator is made still brighter and moro palatable by the_ modern reporter. The now journalism won't permit a public man 'to be dull. If ho is altogether dull ho is neglected, and his voieo does not 'reach beyond the audience he addresses. If ho is dull iii parts only tho bright passages find their way into tho newspapers. Tlio journalism of to-day reproduces the politician at his very'best, and lias carried this policy so far, that in a sense, tho newspapers themselves are suffering. But the people like- the chango. . ;■■ ... Great Provincial Press. ,-.'.- . There is much popular, misconception both in this country and abroad as to tlio extent to which the newspapers of London are read by tho people, of" tho provinces.,. Practically the only, press quoted in' tho Dominions or in foreign countries- is that, of London; A few of the old-established dailies, such as tho "Scotsman" . and tho "Manchester Guardian" and tho "Glasgow Herald" i gc-fc an occasional mention. This is altogether misleading, for, while it is true that tlio London daily paper • circulate j to some extent -throughout the country, the -press read by the great majority of the people of these islands is the press of the provinces. Tlio mom* ing and afternoon halfpenny papers are now legion, and are published m every city of importance. The London papers cleverly convoy ,the. idea that beyond themselves thero is no British journalism which need bo taken seriously.' But GO miles from the metropolis one scarcely misses the London press, and when you get up into Lancashire, or across into Ireland, yon trouble littlo moro about tho product of Fleet Street than you. do if you aro living in Sydney; .-..'

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 9

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BRITISH JOURNALISM. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 9

BRITISH JOURNALISM. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1958, 15 January 1914, Page 9

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