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The “Free Press”: Portrait of a Monopoly

The “Free Press”: Portrait of a Monopoly

by George Marion

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About this eBook

Author
Marion, George, 1905-1955
Title
The "free press" : portrait of a monopoly
Original Publication
United States: New Century Publishers, 1946.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Press -- United States
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70107
Release Date
February 22, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE “FREE PRESS” PORTRAIT OF A MONOPOLY
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.About the Author
  6. 6.THE “FREE PRESS” By GEORGE MARION — Part I: Portrait of a Monopoly — Chapter I IT’S FREE—FOR MILLIONAIRES! — Ask Marshall Field — Regimentation — This Is Monopoly — Pikers Barred
  7. 7.Chapter II FOR WHOM THE PRESS TOILS — The American State — Private Power
  8. 8.Chapter III WORDS FOR SALE — Subsidies — What Is News? — True and Unbiased News — Remote Control — The Fascist “Fringe”
  9. 9.Part II: News—Arm of Empire — Chapter IV THE ROVER NEWSBOYS ABROAD — Lawful Spies — News Since Feudal Days
  10. 10.Chapter V SECRET HISTORY OF A CARTEL — A Conflict Is Born — Peak of Reuter’s Power — Conquest of South America — Redividing the World — Battle for Asia — The Showdown — World Conquest
  11. 11.Chapter VI RESPONSIBILITY—A CHALLENGE TO THE PRESS — Responsibility of the Press — What Can We Do?
  12. 12.FOOTNOTES
  13. 13.New Publications
  14. 14.Transcriber’s Notes

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