Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-22
DON'T BE MIsLED.

DON'T BE MISLED.
II Is entirely useless Tor as to appeal
20 the scayengers Of the press 10 cease
from their perpetual presentation OF
unsavory matter for the delectatlon Of
dtprayed appetltcs because the class Of
writers alluded TO, and the Kind Of
readers that love their productions. are
beyond reform and love 20 revel In
that kind OF rubbish. But we may
reasonably ask tho public. either 10
refrain from reading the scandalous
and untruthful publications here mem
iloned. or to disregard entirely the
untruthfil statements thus put forth.
This Is particularly necessary dur
ing the partisan warfare now IN pro-
cess. II newspaper readers delight in
peruHing false reports Of public meet
ings. public speeches, private acts,
private Intentions and other unreliable
and Invaluable publishings. Of course
they will buy and read the stun that
is dealt out by the yellow journals 10
suit their taste. But those who desire
10 obtain the news. learn facts inyes-
tigate the views and utterances OF
public men and candidates for Office,
should utterly repudlate and disregard
the messcs OF falsehood that are
dished up daily and offered as nara
lions Of fact and reports Of occur
rences and speeches.
a little investigation will soon bring
to light the unrellability Of some par
tisan papers in reference TO political
affairs. They not only distort and
peryert the utterances and motives Of
their political opponents. but DELHI
erafely invent the most outrageous
fslsehoods To bring repropoh and OPP
probrium upon their antagonists In
order to accomplish their official de-
feat Let the public beware OF such
degraded and degrading Journalism
II Is injurious TO the public mind. 1t
panders TO deprayed desires. II seeks
20 bring ruin TO good men and to aid
bad men to reach public station. The
only sensible way 10 suppress such |
denominations Is TO let them alone
When their perfidy is discovered, their
infamy laid bare. their iniquity 30
patent that all can behold It. they |
should be utterly Ignored by every |
respectable and fair-minded Individual
What is the use Of reading for re-
ports OF public meetings and speech.
Is mere TRADES OF Misrepresentation
and abuse2 The information desired
is not obtained. and the reader is de-
ceiyed or Disguised. II reporters Of
political doings and sayings are per
mittcd 10 make comments and express
dissent from the doctrines or declan.
lions Of public speakers. they ought
not TO be allowed TO interpolaie their
insults and slurs and misleading ejac-
ula,ions into the body OF speech or a
description OF an assembly
The value Of a report Of political
matters Is ln It's accuracy, Readers
81 the public press want facts, not hc-
tion; the actual remarks Of public
speaker. not the illusions Of the report-
or. They could be reserved FOR after
articles or paragraphs. n they must
be presented at all but every newspa-
per. however partisan Il may be, should
aim to present that which Is said and
done, even by the opposition just as
|, happened. instead Of that which is
fabricated IN the fertile mind Of Jest
Ing reporter.
A contrary course injuries the paper
tha; permits g. No one can rely upon
anything that Il prints Doubt Is east
upon even the actual news that 1t pub
fishes. Its opinions soon come 10 be
valueltss They are tnged with a
bitterness that badly fiayors everything
they present The public tire Of their
harangues They run along easily for
time. but they end IN public repudia-
lion and contempt
We appeal for truthful and correct
accounts of political movements. as
vel az all other happenings during the
campaign that has been opened, Tel
US what actually occurs and what Is
really said ~ the conventions. party
meetings and other places. without the
roth and fury and fumes and bun
rombe Manufactured by the partisan
reporter or insensate editor DO not
Receive the public with startling head
lines, which are not justified by any
hing IN the body % The report Or the
article. Pitch into the enemy II that
must he done. IN the part Of the papers
usually devoted 20 such matter. but
Seal fairly with all parties and fac
lions IN detailing their proceedings.
This viii be much more satisfactory TO
he public and will be Of greater profit
70 the publication.
We warn the people o. the state
leainst being Influenced and led into
the dark by the monstrous exagsera-
lions and vilful fabrications that dali
b appear in certain scurrilous sheets.