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The Papers Conducted By Lord Rothermere And Lord Beaverbrook Are Not Newspapers In The Ordinary Acceptance Of The Term. They Are Engines Of Propaganda For The Constantly-changing Policies, Desires, Personal Wishes, And Personal Likes And Dislikes Of Two Men? What The Proprietorship Of Those Papers Is Aiming At Is Power, And Power Without Responsibility The Prerogative Of The Harlot Throughout The Ages.

-Stanley Baldwin

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The Papers Conducted By

Stanley Baldwin

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The Papers Conducted By Lord Rothermere And Lord Beaverbrook Are Not Newspapers In The Ordinary Acceptance Of The Term. They Are Engines Of Propaganda For The Constantly-changing Policies, Desires, Personal Wishes, And Personal Likes And Dislikes Of Two Men? What The Proprietorship Of Those Papers Is Aiming At Is Power, And Power Without Responsibility The Prerogative Of The Harlot Throughout The Ages.

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