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CONTENTS
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Errors redressed 126
Other co-operative associations 126
Different forms of news collecting agencies 128
Proprietary associations 128
Organizations controlled by a single paper 129
Agencies controlled by government 129
Co-operative associations 130
Difficulties encountered by news agencies 130
Court decisions on property in news 131
Complications due to war 131
International misunderstanding due to war 132
Responsibilities entailed by war 133
News-distributing agencies 133
"Boiler-plate" and "ready-print" service 134
Character of material used 134
Dangers possible 135
"Ready-made" book notices 135
Newspaper distributing agencies 136
The Times and the Napoleonic wars 136
Central distributing agencies 136
Relation of historian to newspaper distribution 136
Importance of news collecting agencies to historian 137
Chapter VI
The General Reporter
Parts of the newspaper affording guarantees 138
Tests for authoritativeness applied to local reporter 139
Sources of information available for reporters 139
Regular recognized sources 139
Occasional sources 140
Special sources 140
The "story" as written out 140
Dickens as a reporter 140
General criticism of the reporter 141
Analysis of his errors possible 142
Ignorance explains many errors 142
Sensational ignorance 143
Wilful ignorance 143
Errors due to jesting 144
Errors due to carelessness 145
Love of sensation 145
Errors of advertisers 146
Proof-reader shares in errors 146