From all parts of the world the daily Press has been for some time clamouring about threats to its freedom; our own newspapers have taken their full share of the clamour, so it is opportune to examine critically just how free it is.

There are very definite standards to which a Press calling itself free should conform: Its news service should be unaffected by any political or racial bias; its correspondence columns should be open equally to all sides of any serious political or social discussion; they should also be open to reasoned criticism of any opinion expressed by the paper itself, and such criticism should have the same prominence as the original opinion. When any important news reported is later proved, or stated on reasonable authority, to have been incorrect, the correction should be as prominent as the original report.