Print control Print control was common to all nations, with the exception, in part, of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Censorship not only prevented the free discussion of political issues, pre-empting texts against sovereigns, or government policies. It also distorted the objective description of the facts, especially those related to powerful people. The private concerts opened to a selected public, the compositions performed in noble circles by court musicians, noblemen, or especially noblewomen, were never panned. The nobles financed festivals and gazettes; so journalist, as expected, wrote exactly what he was ordered to. While the secular arm secured the "right" punishment to the dissidents, the newspaper was concerned that the fame of rulers was never questioned. Journalists, in fact, only reported the "official" news.