The Somerset reporter., 1888-04-26
PARIS NEWSPAPERS.
SIGNED EDITORIALS ARE COMMON
BUT NOT UNIVERSAL.


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Tho editorial department OF the Paris
papers. wbich 10 tbeir ieahing feature 10
oitep able ana briiIlhhl ibe habt OF
signing editorial articles 10 comm bI'
by no means universal Among the ex
ceptlons are tho temps the pebats. ano
La paix The matin has ali article DAILY
from one Of several writer's. among whom
are jules Simon, Emanuel Arene Ranc
and John Lemolnne Zach winter ex
presses and Is responsible Tor hin owl
opinions only, and as they represent all
shades 81 politics except SOCIALISM, what
the paper says one morning Is hatly con
tradicted by It's article OF the following
day What are called general articles
by the American newspapers are almost
always signed by Paris writers They
may be literary, critical, or may cover
wide variety u Interesting topics Among
the test contributions OF this class are
those Of Anatole de la France and Hughes
le koux. written for the Temps
continent. are Of late years treated With
Intelligence and ability The domestic
politics OF the United States arc still
poorly understood by tho majority Il
French journalists with tho exception u
a few who hive crossed the ocean As 70
the foreign continent In general 1t Is fairer
than that Of the london newspapers.
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compliment Probably not less thansi
members Of the senate and chamber of
deputies are connected with the Paris
newspapers. principally as contributors
This leads TO what would be considered u
other countries violations Of parliamentary
privilege. or 10 occurrences that strike
foreigners as somewhat indicate jour
nails not hestating sometimes 20 publish
facts that should be kept secret, or to giye
speeches Of their own writers In e1teuso
with fulsome compliment
N THE LOCAL COLUMNS
The local columns Of Paris newspaper
are not what they should be or what their
readers would be glad TO have them for
want OF room The great city Is mine
Of sensational material. tragic. comic.
grave. CAV, but ALWAYS interesting II
properly treated As Paris newspaper
is usually small four page sheet. printed
In coarse type on bad paper it Is difficult
to get more into I; than the literary ard
political matter that must In any event
appear. and mere resume Of local events
If the foreign news is OF great importance
local matter is crowded out II a single
local event Is sensational all other local
matters. no matter how interesting In
themselves. must make way for It Re
porters of some papers sign their names
This practice sometimes causes curious
displays Of egotism, the writers forgetting
that which they have to narrate Is their
own personal experiences The facts are
obscured by their efforts to obtain them.
their little deprivations, and the articles
of food that composed their breakfast
The self consciousness of French
newspaper writers is always notice
able, whether they sign their arti
ces or not The editorial we" often
appears in the editorial columns 1t is
hard for a correspondent in a foreign
capital to give the facts in dispatch
without prefacng or interspersing them
with useless personal detail Aside from
these evidences of imperfection and jour
nalistic iuvenility. the local columns are
usually readable, and sometimes bright
and witty The Paris interviewer, who
is q recent institution already become
universal. is if possible. more unscrupu
Ions and imaginative than his American
confrere
\ Paris newspaper Office is not usually
an abode of luxury The France has
fine building of which it uses but small
part itself The Figaro Is handsomely
installed in the Rue Druot The Petit
Iorr,,ol tho roysnanor If tho ho,ros
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