The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-03-08
THE LEADING ARTICLE.
Advent and Development of the Edi-
torial In Newspapers.

torial In Newspapers.
II know what leaders are, for l have
written them," said Benjamin Disraeli
in the course of a speech in the house
of commons. and, though all of us may
not have written LEADERS" for The
Morning Post and other newspapers,
like Disraeli. we all at least know the
meaning of the term leaders"
For more than 100 years after the
publication of the first daily newspa-
per The Daily Courant, which consist
ed of a small sheet printed on one side
only and made it's appearance in Lon
don in March, 1902, the ''dailies" con-
fined themselves to what is perhaps
the proper business of a newspaper,
the publication of the largest possible
whatever to mold or direct public opin-
ion.
At the opening Of the nineteenth CEN
fury 1.-The leading article" first appear
ed in the morning papers. 1t was orig
inally called the Headed article" be-
cause of the leads or spaces intro
duced between the lines to spread out
the article and give it an imposing ap-
pearance in order that it might at once
attract the eye of even the most casual
reader After a time it was called
leading article or "leader" or ''edi-
torial," names by which it is now uni
versally known in newspaper offices.
At the beginning leaders" were pub
lished only tentatively. Their publica-
ton was irregular. In form they were
brief-we should call them editorial
paragraphs" now-and they were prin-
cipally used to direct special attention
| to some important event recorded in the
news columns. But IS years ago they
became a settled and regular feature
of the daily newspaper and a potent
agency for promoting opinions, politi-
cal, religious and social.-Cornhill Mag
azine.
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Its a shame; that's what it is!' ex
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whats the matter?" asked the sym
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dad says he'll lick me if he ever
hears of me fighting with boy small
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a bigger one."-Chicago Post.
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