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In 1948, Beaverbrook told the Royal Commission on the Press that he "ran the [Express] purely for the purpose of making propaganda and with no other object....[Empire free trade] and an Empire Customs Union, Empire unity for the purpose of securing peace, and if necessary for making war. I look at it as a purely propagandist project."
the Daily Express's 'There will be no European war this year or next year either'. First published on 30 September 1938 to mark the Munich Agreement, and reprinted in various versions at regular intervals well into 1939, this phrase cast a shadow on the reputation of the Daily Express, permanently dogged its proprietor Lord Beaverbrook, and was even cited as a contributing factor in the establishment of the Royal Commission on the Press in 1947
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link){{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)If Winston Churchill was Britain's bulldog, then Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express and Sunday Express were surely his bark. His papers were always bright, lively, and fiercely patriotic, and Beaverbrook had no qualms in telling a Royal Commission on the Press that he used them "purely for the purpose of making propaganda".
If Winston Churchill was Britain's bulldog, then Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express and Sunday Express were surely his bark. His papers were always bright, lively, and fiercely patriotic, and Beaverbrook had no qualms in telling a Royal Commission on the Press that he used them "purely for the purpose of making propaganda".
