title: The Yellow Journalism: The Press and America's Emergence as a World Power (Medill Visions Of The American Press)
author: Judith Spencer
description: David R. Spencer is a professor of journalism and media studies at the University of Western Ontario.<br />
zlib_text: Hilaire Belloc
  An essay on the manipulation 
  of news and opinion, and how 
  to counter it
  The 
  Free 
  Press
  
  The Free Press
  
  To the GoldBug, in thanks for continued loyalty, 
  friendship, and support. On your journey to 
  Catholic Distributism, we wish you Godspeed!
  
  The 
  Free Press
  by
  Hilaire Belloc
  Norfolk, VA
  2002
  
  The Free Press.
  Copyright © 2002 IHS Press.
  First published in 1918 by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
  Preface, footnotes, typesetting, layout, and cover design 
  copyright 2002 IHS Press.
  All rights reserved.
  ISBN-13 (eBook): 978-1-932528-21-3
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953.
    The free press / by Hilaire Belloc.
         p. cm.
    Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1918.
    ISBN 0-9714894-1-6 (alk. paper)
     1. Journalism--Corrupt practices. 2. Freedom of the press.  I. Title
   PN4888.C6 B4 2002
   323.44’5--dc21  
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
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  Printed in the United States of America.
  This edition ha