RADIO NEWS.
EFFECT OF BROADCASTING. EVIDENCE AT INQUIRY. BY CAI'Ub —PUE3B \Bsi>CJAI7ON —COPYEHJHI LONDON, Dec. 17 Giving evidence before the broadcasting inquiry, Lord Riddell, on behalf of the newspaper proprietors throughout Britain, criticised the proposal.to increase broadcasting news. Fie pointed out that racing and betting would be objectionable to a large section ol the community. Law cases were unsuitable for the family circle. Political propaganda, was only allowable on special occasions. He denied that the newspaper proprietors were unreasonable monopolists, but broadcasting news might curtail the circulations, causing disastrous results by rendering idle 1000 workers. Newspapers at present, apart from the plant and buildings, spent £62,000,000 annually ori production, including £5,000,000 on the collection of news, for which the broadcasting companies were using agency reports.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 December 1925, Page 5
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125RADIO NEWS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 December 1925, Page 5
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