New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-27
NEWSPAPERS AND THE NEWS.
THE QUESTION OF HIGHLY coLoRED AND rA"'
TIsAX REPORTS DISCUSSED gl JOHN


TIsAN REPORTS DISCUSSED Ef JOHN
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Chicago. May o6.-Thls mornings session OF the
Worlds press Corc1css was conducted under mo
ouspccs OF the National Editorial .\ssocatpn' WIN
+ NJ Page OF Illinois. presiding. The opening au
dress was delivered by John a. sIeiche'. Oh NV
New York Mail and Ex press.' who discussed the dues
ton OF whether the daily press coorca us news. wv
h,gplv lie quoted from letters written By JOSEF"
vca,ii rrour Uutton James W. scott NJ. H. De Young
and other NEWSPAPER men. deprecaiing the coor'hS
of news ard favoring the statement CT nl iact' IN
m independent and unbiased manner In, spenher
hell that general r,!e news MIS- ho' tDo 'us"V
color,d lie mado the sueg' stioh tiin' newspapers
oud print both Republican AMI Democratic edi'ions'
ooch having II Republican and Democratic editor
who should write from princIp' Mr. sl'ieher sa'd IN
part =.
- oh. my friend, the wisdom which teaches vhat
should not be said. that Is the hardest 10 acquire OF
all. ! confess my own deficiencies taereih thesc
were the words OF Horace Greeley. written lofty years
aco When such clear headed ,eteraipin Journalism
thur, confcsscs his inability TO stop his pen rom
writing what IL should not write Is II rernarinDle
that many others guilty OF the same iauitt
But do they color the news 700 His"is
Do they color II at ali In's .n'
question that / am asked Ia answer IN hi'e~" MIN
utes | have taken occasion TO ask lew di'un'
g,ished journalists tbs question. That preemlhehs
editor thinker writer and fighter. Charles 4. Dana.
Of The Ncw-York SUM- says In his c'earcu. e'o'
phntic STYLE sensational and exciting events arc
sometimes coored In their marathon bu, u must 70
remembered that the narrators are ancc"n ps '"s
excitement OF the moment. II Is impossioir luz
writer's under such circumstances wholly TO divess
themselves Of their natural sympathes. Bat inc
coloring is neither so general nor 30 common as 10
warrant the charge that too much oil " Is oo'c
Tie charge is all nonsense. Every man isntia soc-
rates. The world would be much poorer II every
man had the cquanlmity OF Socrates 80.
NV conclusions are. first, that the general news Is
moi too highly colorcd rule; secondly, that VITA
rare exceptions all newspapers color their pohneai
news TO suit the politics OF the paper and Its readers
The editcr may think that his party Is the ohy
party OF good principles, but he should Boy III Hhd
that the opposition editor has precisely the opposite
views We may as well confess. now That cmcu'n
IS over that no party monopolizes all the integrity
and honesty OF the country. My Side may nave ~
share of the virtues but Your side has some OF ten
too and just now regret 10 say, Your side s"s
to be- In The majority. Why no, give h0,h sia.s lur
play, II We cannot make political reports coorr,s:
Il partisan feeling too high for thi' why hos
/ print Two pasrsf Give both sides. color Doti,
The public demands IT,. reach The vast majority o. VOLT
/ constituency and double your influence ana your ih'
come. Isn't IL worth thinking ovsrl'