... The first of the main mediums of today was the newspaper. The newspaper finally emerged as a major and continuous feature of national, political and cultural life when pre-publication censorship lapsed in England and Wales (Harris, B. 1996, p6.). These papers were however, free to offer opinions and could be openly biased. During the period of the Second World War there were nine London-edited 'national' morning newspapers. The Daily Mirror and the Daily Sketch were tabloid newspapers and counted for less than a quarter of the total circulation, the rest were broadsheet. By the end of World War Two, the radio had begun to take over the main source of information with around ten million households owning one. The nine o'clock BBC radio news broadcast was listened to by half of the population during the war and programmes such as Churchill's Speeches also attracted a large audience, however, ratings ...

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