THE AUSTRALIAN PRESS.
SYDNEY. July 7. Mr AY. A. Holman (ex-Premier of New South Wales), in an address on public questions, denounced the Australian Piess as ,a sinister influence whose interests were opposed to the interests of the community. The newspapers aimed at attracting a crowd who read nothing else, so that the circulation expanded and advertisers were dazzled. “There was no function about which the newspapers could give clear and accurate accounts, and the last thing they sought was news of a solid and important matter, which was neglected for cheap, stupid, and shallow sensationalism. It did not matter
he escaped libels. What the newspapers wanted was a man -who could cram the most sensationalism into a square inch. As for the cables, there were columns devoted to unimportant things. Over these the press was rushing into one piece of hysteria after another. The whole spirit of the newspaper of to-day was to make tho circulation jump, no matter what sacrifice was involved.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3513, 12 July 1921, Page 19
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