INADEQUACY OF NEWS
PROTEST BY JOURNALISTS (Rccd. Sept. 12, 12 noon) LONDON, Sept. 11. The National Union ot Journalists lias expressed grave concern at the failure of the Ministry of Information to provide the public with adequate news on the conduct of the war, and declares that is in the national interest that the Ministry should be promptly re-organised to make it an effective instrument in keeping Britain and neutrals informed. The union also urges the immediate prevention of unnecessary arbitrary suppression of news of a military tary nature that is valueless to the enemy but the suppression of that which leads to rumours tending to cause alarm.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20040, 12 September 1939, Page 5
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108INADEQUACY OF NEWS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20040, 12 September 1939, Page 5
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