Newsprint Shortage
SiR,—It would be a pity if Janus's strictures on the contents of some daily papers should in any way condone the Government's cut in news. print. For in the first place any justification on these lines amounts to a condonation of censorship,, and, secondly, the restrictions apply equally to the few papers which cater for serious readers.
The dearth of foreign news and informative articles on important topics has long been a regrettable characteristic of the British post-war Press. But since circulation is the final arbiter in the fate of many publications today, the " popular" material, which apparently guarantees high sales, will inevitably have priority over serious news so long as newspapers are not large enough to carry both. Further cuts, therefore, in most cases, will only. lead to an increased predominance of the sensational and the trivial, which is perhaps exactly what the Govern-
ment hopes to achieve.—Yours faithfully, NANCY CRAWSHAW. Flat 38, 88 Portland Place, W.I.
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