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Northern Advocate, 12 October 1928, Page 5

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IMMACULATE ITALIAN PRESS FREEST IN THE WORLD. MORE MUSSOLINI MODESTY.

(Australian Press Association.) (Received 9.48 a.m.) ErOjME, October 11. Addressing 70 'directors of Fascist daily newspapers,' Signor Mussolini claimed that the Italian Press was the freest in the world, the explanation of which, he said, was in the all-em-bracing regime. The Press must not be a stranger to general amity, therefore it avoided what was harmful arid published what was useful for the regime. Newspapers in other countries, under orders from the plutocratic party or groups, were reduced to the necessity of buying and selling exciting news. They were getting into the hands of a restricted number of personSj who regarded them as a trade, like iron and leather. Italian journalism, on the other hand, was free, because it served the regime. It had no need to await orders from its own conscience. The Fascist Presi was like an orchestra .playing the same note of its own accord. , . Signor Mussolini proceeded to tell, the journalists that their task would become more important in a few months, when the Italian people ' would be called upon to vote at the elections and demonstrate to the world their full concurrence in the regime. It was necessary to prepare for this great demonstration, and the newspapers had the means for doing so worthily. / , " •