Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Today -100: November 2, 1922: Of worthy presses, order, broadcasting tests, and train tracks


Mussolini says once the present conditions are over, he’ll restore freedom of the press, “on condition that the press proves worthy of liberty.” Meanwhile his followers set the Socialist newspaper Avanti’s printing plant on fire.

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The British Broadcasting Company is almost on the air and is now running tests. Which consists of anti-Labour-Party messages. Two weeks before a general election. They claim the operator just said anything that came into his head. Labour is not best pleased.

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More proof, if further proof were needed, that life in the ‘20s was precisely as portrayed in silent films (except for the “negress” part, obvs).

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