6/67 It, too, preached war for its own ends, taught superstition, and punished thought as a crime. The Press of to- day is stepping into the shoes of the medieval priest. It aims at establishing the worst kind of tyranny: the tyranny over men's minds. The Institute of Journalists will soon be followed by the Union of Newspaper Proprietors and the few independent journals will be squeezed out. Already we have German shareholders on English papers; and English capital is interested in the St.Petersburg Press. |