“ Similarly, we do at least the price of marks and mutton for the reason that marks and mutton are a matter of real concern to thousands who listen. Broadcasting has created a business without parallel in life to date. It has brought into service a means of communication—a medium—which, owing to its romantic and fascinating character, has cast a spell over all classes of society, over persons of all ages and of every intellectual standard. It has set those responsible for its conduct a task of extreme difficulty, one that can never be performed to the satisfaction of everyone. ”
Arthur Burrows
Summary
“Why Do We?”, is a work by Arthur Burrows. It explores elements such as broadcasting, millibars and news.
Quotes from Why Do We? (Arthur Burrows)
“ Why do we broadcast millibars, the price of mutton and of marks? Why do we dare to have two-minute intervals when, as one indignant correspondent pointed out, his annual fee of ten shillings entitled him to a "continuous performance"? Why, too, above all things, do we talk in our news bulletins of the "English" Parliament and thereby place in a state of apoplexy half the population of Scotland? ”
“ In broadcasting news we have to remember that our listeners include not only those whose daily round in a great centre of population and industry brings them into close contact with all aspects of life, some elevating, others sordid, but also children at school and in home when, through their tender years, they are fortunately shielded from those things that are ugly and harmful to the development of strength of character. ”
