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It is based on an assump- tion, also, that the govern- ment is more important than the people and, when that is accepted, the way is open to. all kinds of mischief. The government begins to be- lieve that the only alternative to. its rule is Chaos and excesses thus become per- missible. Follies like the War Measures Act and RCMP ‘ break-ins are inevitable. The quality of. government deteriorates. ‘ Decision- makers become unsure and accident-prone. Freedom of the press is, of course, , jeopardized. The nation itseif is treated like a commercial product to be sold, like a deodorant, a needs by lessly arking e free around aniry © rm guitar $109," Stanley ‘through | advertising techni- ques. 7 . . te The propagandists end- work ‘unity’? but what are they talking about? A united repeat the what? My God, Harry, the most united nation the world has ever known was. Nazi Ger- many! Now 1 know. you will insist that the CRTC is simply _ asking that the media report fully and fairiy. But that is . what Authority always says! The first censor was appoin- ted by the. Bishop of Mainz within something like 20 years of Gutenberg’s inven- tion of printing. The bishop. said that ‘‘certain. Errors’’ were being published and. that the censor would ensure — that the faithful were proper- ly informed in future. It’s the same thing in Russia today, Harry, or in Rhodesia or Souih Africa. i've dealt wiili these people and I have been amazed to find how dedicat- ed and sincere they are, but that doesn’t make them. any less dangerous -- ever‘when they are Canadians.’ - Frankly, I am appalled byu the extent to which Cana- dians accept the idea that broadcasting should be used _-for national propaganda. In particular, I am = amazed when this idea is supported | by conservative newspaper editors and others who would be outraged at the idea that print be used. for the same purpose. Well, why not? - Why shouldn't | Canadian Press come under national contro!? 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