Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-02-14

New York Hour 1t says certain things
| should like to say SO ,leverly that |
venture To print It, IN the hope that
those who read my own articles and az
proved Of them will read tins one with
pleasure and profit X. $ $
Some lecturers, preachers and pub
hr praulcr arc much given tn talking
about the press and journalism in =
large way Newspaper work Is called
a profession, and the publication OF the
Paper IS regarded as one OF tho hui
watks OF liberty IN ircc state. Othct
public speakers and writers who look
ON the dark side ct lie ate much con
ocrncd about the Ncnalti ct newspapers
and the liccntiousncss ut journalism
They would have great admiration Tor
journal "of noble, independent IDEAS
which was printed regardless of It's cir
oulation Hut Il y journal has any
party bias, and that bias is diScov
cred, it is lost Mobility, independence
and freedom from party bias are sup
posed to he indicated by a general
tone OF fault finding with all things
earthly and most things celestial As
IN religion, discomfort with the current
condition OF affairs is supposed to show
great htnadncss of mind Let y news
paper dcclatc that there is no one who
Is good, no, not one tcNeep, ourselves
OF courscl, and It is supposed to be
truly liberal II is well Tor everybody
to hc Jealous in good cause except
newspaper writer. II he is an earnest
advocate Of any particular measure, his
paper becomes and organ and is an ob
jet to be wcpt over
This is the kind of talk commonly
INDUCED in 10y sensational orators,
writers, preachers and humbug public
teachers generally Some of them, TO
be sure, make comfortable addition
TO their wages by writing for these
same unworthy organs but that is only
an aside, and is not allowed to mollify
their mourniul views OF newspapers in
general.
The common everyday public, how.
ever, look ut the newspaper business in
different way, but way which is
perhaps quite rs incorrect They buy
the daily journals in order to learn the
news, and they never stop to think, ms
they pay out their one, two, or three
cents as the case may be, that they are
supporting the 4" free press which is
the twin protector Of our Liberties,
counting free speech as the other twin.
They have a good deal of hearty con
tempt at the bottom of their hearts we
fear, for the newspaper profession,
trade or business, or whatever you
choose to call it, Gossip everybody
likes but feels obliged to condemn.
Newspapers everybody reads but often
regards them rs circulating medium
for gossip OF the best and the worst
kind. The result is a decided sCorn
for the business of newsgathering rs
well rs for men who are the news
gatherers. In their opinion the typical
newspaper man is, OF course, connected
with daily journal Attached TO any
other publication he loses in great
measure the supposed characteristics
OF a Journalist Weekly publications
are not so suggestive of news. They
are more reflective in style and as
they are not got up in 4 hurry, the
writers and publishers are supposed to
be more trustworthy. The man on
the daily, in public estimation, is al
ways on the lookout for news. He
goes abou, the city searching for items,
and kindly disposed people are often
disposed to give HIM a bit Of news
because they think it would put little
money in his pocket He is commonly
supposed to be paid for what he gets
and for that only, and so he is regarded
as a cross between a liar, gossip, 4
"dead beat " and 4 pauper. Many
people hesitate 10 say anything in his
presence which they would not like &c
see in print. They cannot conceive
that most newspaper men would nc
more repeat in type what they hear in
confidence than they would repeat the
same orally. Ii does not matter ir
public estimation whether the daily
journalist is an editorial writer, a copy
reader or a reporter-he is believed &c
have his ears always prickcd up tc
catch an item OF news. As represented
on the stage he invariably has note
book in hand in which he constantly
takes notes-a habit seldom followed
by really good reporter.
Thus the public pretty generally fee
at liberty to dislike most heartily the
members of the newspaper profession
1t never admits them TO the same plac,
of confidence and esteem accorded &c
other men who write for a living
They are pureyors OF gossip at two o.
three cents dish, and i, really is no
nice, you know" 1t is also a notion
OF the public's, that newspaper mel
can easily be used" and this notion
causes the unfortunate people con
nected with the daily papers mucl
more unhappiness than the low esteem
in which they are held. 1t is no, agree
able to selfrespecting man to b,
approached by one OF his fellows who
after few moments agreeable con
versation, suggests that a concert, or
lecture, or fair, or the opening OF
railroad, OF the beginning OF SOM
other enterprise is at hand, and tina,
"would be capital thing to write N
for your paper As newspaper mel
generally have much seli-con,rol thes
contemplate job workers are Away
treated with more consideration thai
they deserve and rarely get the insult
they merit,
These opinions OF the newsWpe
man are founded on misapprehensio
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