THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
A STATE NEWSPAPER. It is a tc.ss-up , which-- is.j the most curious feature of tne suggestion of Mr J; o’Bri(in,;M.P.. that tlie Stq-tp start a newspaper for the adequate reporting of members—his . ideas of newspaper finance or his conception of -lie public, us hungry sheep that look up for political sustenance and are not fed. On the whole, newspapers give j politics their due prominence, but.jour--. nalists differ from members of Parliament in this, ' that if their papers are to succeed, the world, and not a! part of it, miist l>e their province. The public—including a great number of supporters of the Labour Party—is terested in numbers of other things bpj-. sides politics, and will read the papers., that are most interesting, irrespective - of source. It is perfectly certain that a State newspaper would not be widely.. read. Is the demand for “Hansard” so strong and persistent as to encourage any hope to the contrary ? t . < v —Auckland Paper. /.,.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1929, Page 4
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