Project Gutenberg 2006-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 153 Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, H. The Free Press Reading ease score: 56.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Thierry Alberto, Richard J. Shiffer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Free Press" by Hilaire Belloc is a political essay written in the early 20th century. The work critiques the contemporary capitalist press, arguing that it distorts information, misleads public opinion, and consolidates power among a wealthy few. Belloc advocates for the significance of a free press as a means to uncover and disseminate the truth. At the start of the essay, Belloc dedicates his work to a friend and reflects on the role of independent media, particularly the papers "The New Age" and "The New Witness," as forces for truth in a landscape dominated by corrupt journalism. He discusses how the great capitalist press arose alongside capitalism itself, detailing its evolution and various corruptions. Belloc emphasizes the necessity of truthful reporting and the ill effects of a press that prioritizes advertising revenue over integrity, ultimately laying the foundation for his argument that the free press can create political reform and public awareness despite facing serious obstacles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Journalism -- Corrupt practices Freedom of the press PN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Politics 153457 152996 2024-10-08T05:56:58.432528 2023-09-08T08:00:45.321983 text/html text/html 155114 2006-03-19T13:45:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 70484 2006-03-19T13:45:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 125937 2024-10-08T05:57:03.811503 application/epub+zip 125936 2024-10-08T05:57:00.365548 application/epub+zip 111511 2024-10-08T05:56:59.135530 application/epub+zip 218484 2024-10-08T05:57:06.552498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192995 2024-10-08T05:57:03.066507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154699 2022-09-08T14:14:18.395837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136395 136294 2024-10-08T05:56:57.948536 2023-09-08T08:00:44.960989 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 136163 2006-03-19T13:39:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 50975 2006-03-19T13:39:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 136171 2006-03-19T13:39:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50970 2006-03-19T13:39:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21606 2024-10-08T05:57:06.682507 application/rdf+xml 8666 2024-10-08T05:56:59.700522 image/jpeg 2547 2024-10-08T05:56:59.426608 image/jpeg 117759 2024-10-08T05:56:58.448543 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia