Felix C Posted 24 December , 2014 Share Posted 24 December , 2014 Have read quite a few newspaper accounts of naval incidents from 1914-1915 and some have drawn from official Admiralty announcements and others are of unknown providence. Wonder if fabrication of experiences as part of propaganda or disinformation would be the case or not. What have been your experiences in reading or research? Link to post Share on other sites
John_Hartley Posted 24 December , 2014 Share Posted 24 December , 2014 About as trustworthy then as now - about just about anything. Packed full of political propaganda. Link to post Share on other sites
David B Posted 24 December , 2014 Share Posted 24 December , 2014 Down at the bottom of the pecking order of people that one can trust are solicitors, used car salesmen, real estate agents and journalists. Work it out yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyH Posted 24 December , 2014 Share Posted 24 December , 2014 Down at the bottom of the pecking order of people that one can trust are solicitors, used car salesmen, real estate agents and journalists. Work it out yourself. You missed Financial Advisers I think? BillyH. Link to post Share on other sites
David B Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 Sorry I forgot about that lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 The soldiers letters published, at least earlier in the war, seem authentic. They didn't fabricate, or 'edit' them, did they? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
egbert Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 The soldiers letters published, at least earlier in the war, seem authentic. They didn't fabricate, or 'edit' them, did they? Mike If a soldier forgot to edit them they were censored, isn't that something modern day forum moderators still do? Link to post Share on other sites
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 25 December , 2014 Admin Share Posted 25 December , 2014 The soldiers letters published, at least earlier in the war, seem authentic. They didn't fabricate, or 'edit' them, did they? Mike The early to mid 1915 the letters that I've seen for the DLI T.F. men appear to be pretty much uncensored - place names are often present and the names of other officers and men are present as are discussions of casualties. From about mid 1915 there's a a sudden stoppage of letters in the papers so presumably they stepped up the censorship. Craig Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 isn't that something modern day forum moderators still do? I was meaning letters from early 1915 mainly, some are really quite honest? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 25 December , 2014 Admin Share Posted 25 December , 2014 Although by the Lt Col of the Bn, this clipping is typical of the sort of info I have found (7th DLI) Craig Link to post Share on other sites
David Filsell Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 Asan ex journo , I feel quite disappointed not to find bankers and politicians above me in the list. Link to post Share on other sites
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