“PRESS KNOW BEST”
JUDGE’S TRIBUTE LONDON, Nov. 2. “i never dictate .to the press. They know their business best, and in my experience they do very well;" said Mr. Justice Humphreys at Gloucester Assizes yesterday. A K.C. had asked that reference to the health of his client skoiild not bo published. ‘‘My experience of the press, ’’ said the judge, “is .that they have no desire to injure any person. They desire to publish only "such information as will interest the; public, and I leave it. to their discretion, which is always admirably exercised. “iMcinbcw of the press .will liavo heard what you say and will uSe their discretion. ’ ’
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19199, 16 December 1936, Page 16
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