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Sir,-The comments of: "Not: a+Newspaper Man" on the qualifications of New Zealand editors and leader-writers as radio commentators on foreign affairs carry a slight suspicion of irony. If, however, he is serious in his praise, a short period on the literary staff of one of our metropolitan dailies would soon disillusion him. Wide knowledge of foreign affairs is uncommon among New Zealand journalists. Seldom do they’ go beyond their own news columns for information on this subject. Leader-writers provide the maximum of recapitulation of foreign news and the minimum of their own comment. (True, they often provide some other comment by re-quoting overseas editorial opinion that has already appeared elsewhere in the paper in the guise of news.) . — Having had several years’ acquaintanc? with both newspaper and university staffs, and being a frequent listener: to this radio series, I am convinced that the university contributions have been far more informative than those from the Press. Furthermore, since editorial opinion is _ synonymous _ with proprietorial opinion, the use of editors as radio commentators increases the already excessive influence of the newspaper proprietors on public opinion. '
EX-NEWSPAPERMAN
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 5
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187"LOOKOUT" SPEAKERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 631, 3 August 1951, Page 5
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