The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-04
WHAT Is NEWS?

II. j. Allen. writing in the Ottawa Her
aid. says:
A correspondent to Linn county paper
gives an account OF the convention OF the
w. c. y. L.. from which the following
paragraph is taken:
The report Of Mrs. Adams called atten-
ton TO the pernicious influence Of the
metropolitan dailies In our homes. quoting
the Kansas City Journal OF a late issue.
giving flashing headlines and two col
urnns' notice OF the sickening details OF
a drunken debauch and murder In Kan
sas City. and less than one inch OF
space was given 20 the dedication OF tho
NJ E Church al ottawa. The dedication
in the presence OF hundreds Of people and
the church 10 stand as permanent fac-
tor in the uplifting OF the moral and spir-
ituaI life OF mankind
The question Of what IS news has been
agitated since the publication OF news
papers began Ard there ara some rea-
sons for believing that the element %
news began to push It's sinful way into
public notice as far back as civilization
goes.
II the good lady who delivered the orfu-
cism quoted above r. familiar with scrip
ture she will recall number OF Instances
where sin beat the gospel 20 "tcp-of-
column position" as news matter
reference 20 the book Of Genesis
shows tina, the story OF the worlds crea-
ton is covered IN a short chapter. while
the account Of the serpent's WORT with
cur forefathsrs is played up" as a sen
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and Eve are passed with no prominent
mention. while the Jealousy Of Cain and
the resulting slaughter Of ABB comes n
for what; n Newspaper parIance. would
be known as "front-psge. scare-head"
position.
Nor IS the drunken dsbsuehery' tea
fure passed over BY The scriptures ~i;n
any such pfous neglect as ;be ~elI-fDean-
ing Linn county critic demands The
common recollection o. that. the BiblIcaE
reporter did not overlook am q the news
features when Noah made = night Of it
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