Daily papers affected found it impossible to comply
Devised by Tolstoy andenacted without consultation with the State Council, the rules of August 27 imposed preliminary censorship on newspapers and journals which had previously received three official warnings: forthcoming issues of such periodicals were to be submitted to the censors not later than 11:00 p.m. on the eve of the day of publication, a requirement with which most of the daily papers affected found it impossible to
comply.
Why was it "a requirement with which most of the daily papers affected found it impossible tocomply
? To me it sounds reasonable to submit the journal in the day before publocation. Please comment.
Top answer
They didn't have computers in the days of Tolstoy. That may have something to do with it. If the deadline was 11 pm, that might mean keeping employees working through part of the night to write and reset the print for a substitute story for the one that had been pulled because of the censorship.
- They didn't have computers in the days of Tolstoy.
- That may have something to do with it.
- If the deadline was 11 pm, that might mean keeping employees working through part of the night to write and reset the print for a substitute story for the one that had been pulled because of the censorship.
- Maybe others will offer other speculations on this subject.
- CJ
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They didn't have computers in the days of Tolstoy. That may have something to do with it.
If the deadline was 11 pm, that might mean keeping employees working through part of the night to write and reset the print for a substitute story for the one that had been pulled because of the censorship.
Maybe others will offer other speculations on this subject.
CJ
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