Anything that could be represented as ‘anti-army’ was rejected. In a famous unsigned article in the New Statesman, Jonathan Dimbleby described the results: The censorship and restrictions now imposed on reporters and editors make it practically impossible for them to ask the question ‘Why?’ Why do the Catholics now laugh openly when a British soldier is shot down and killed, when a year ago they would offer the army cups of tea? Why do the Catholics refuse to condemn the bombings and the shootings? Why do they still succour the IRA? What influence today does the Civil Rights Movement have? Or
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