The San Francisco call., 1898-06-18
FALSE IN ONE, FALSE IN ALL.

1NDER its present management The Call was in
 tended to be made a newspaper second to none O in the metropolitan cities Of the world. That end has been attained. We have given news and not inventions and have treated readers in good faith and fairness In combination with the Herald The Call commands a news service that has been ceed That service, betng the globe as 1t does, and alert every and every point ot interest as is may occasionally be in error, but only through reliance upon faulty authority and never by intention nor invention. As we have before pointed out the existence of runor is in itself news though the fact rumored may prove non-exisent. A rumor is, in a large sense indicative of the of mind III the nlunty in which it rises and It is often the ex- presson of widespread public expectation, and there fore the reasons for regarding the currency of nor as news perfectly legitimate. In respectable journalism the line between the report of an existing rumor and facts accomplished IS never dil- cult to discern and readers are never deceived
 Journalism that is yellow, indecent and deceptive not only omits discrimination between rumor and news, but it consistently nvents both.
 It is no pleasure to to frequently refer to the Hearst papers, the Examiner and Journal, examples of yellow indecent and deceptive journalism. Hearss invented interviews with the Pope, the Queen Regent of Spain and Mrs Mckinley, into whose presence no representative of his papers penetrated, illustrate the deceptive and invented quality O the news he boasts of giving to his readers.
 Let no one fancy that refer to this in the spirit of business rivalry for we do not. The advance in circulation and business which The Call has made is sufficient proof that the reading public in dis gust from a faking pretender to a newspaper which treats them in good faith. Our object in calling at tention repeatedly the Examiners lies and is to protect the public against aduterated news, just as We would in its interest expose swill milk and adu terated food
 The time should come soon when the law will punish severely the publication of invented invented rumors of news. Pepper adulterated with ground cocoanut shell, ginger stretched with corn meal coffee sophisticated with chcory and chcory with carrots, harmless frauds compared with the injury that may follow public opinion based the invented and lying news of which Mr. Hearst is per sistent purveyor.
 The Call told its readers that its account of Dewey battle in Manila Bay was by an eyewitness Imme- datey Hearst pretended to publish account by his eyewitness. He was promptly exposed as liar by the Chicago Record.
 By contrast with this of bad faith and deception of its readers The Call is able to prove the extent and reliability of its service and its wide distribution out of Deweys official report of the battle of Manila Bay in which the admiral says that being short of officers, the Herald-Ca correspondent, MT Stick ney, retired officer Of the navy, being the flag ship in the interest of the papers he represents, voun- teered aid and rendered efficient service
 The Call told the truth, usual and Hearst lied as usual and now tries to cover the deficiencies of his news service by brag and swagger.
 The rule false in one false in all, holds good es- pecially as to newspapers Hearst has been caught lying and nventing often that nothing which appears in his papers is credible unless verified by some decent authority.