Sentence:  ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,' said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the <WSD>newspapers</WSD>? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.