The War On News

A record of government actions against journalism and fact-based reporting, from the first press laws to today

Claim

Claim 954

Members of Parliament continued raising complaints about the Press Bureau's control of war news in a Commons debate on November 12, 1914.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement
Members of Parliament continued raising complaints about the Press Bureau's control of war news in a Commons debate on November 12, 1914.
Field
reversed_on
Value
Commons debate continued November 12, 1914
About
incident 1914-britain-press-bureau-controls-wartime-newspaper-coverage
Source
Press Censorship (Hansard, 12 November 1914)
Publisher
Press Censorship (Hansard, 12 November 1914)
Method
primary document
Checked
2026-09-26
Confidence
high
Status
current
Source date
1914-11-12

Quotation from the source

HC Deb 12 November 1914 vol 68 cc123-66