Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-02
REDUCING NEWS Of
CRIME FAVORED
BY EDITORS
Total Elimination, However,
Deprecated by Heads Of
Many Metropolitan DaiIies Of
the Country

Aha POtntrI
''O y ,
Chicago, Nov. Newspaper pub
1tshor- 4ro seeking ia reduce the
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which theN puplish as Is SHOWN pN
views EXPRESSED by many OF them
,tno, ,h,. rronosition thnt tha olt,nino D.
....,,'.. .,,,,. h,
tioh OF Sueil news il"''ol NOV "'''s ;"
to be desired but that II pays. rms
iden was propounded at a clean jour
nsfisp mass nicotine IN chicago Octo-
n -
her 2s' addressed pN Nrcnlpai" NJ
Lellan, editor in chief, and John j,
Flnn, Of the editorial starr oI the
Christian science Monitor of Boston
who related the results following tle
Monitors ban TN all shocking crimes
or scandalous news Items That pa
per. they said, goes TO all civilized
countries and in two years has become
the daily paper OF largest circulation
IN me world Elimination OF had
news. the speakers said, had paid, al
though the Monitors profits are de-
voted not 10 dividends but to eniarg-
fng its facilities.
Publishers express various views
upon the propriety of printing news
Of crime. scandal and horrors, some
pointine To their own modified reform
some concedtnp that yellow journal
ism" is profitable if not nice, but near
ii an expressing the view that the big
news agencies include more of crime
in their reports than is of interest TO
readers in cities other than those
where the crimes We're committed.
Agreement among publishers to n
higher standard of censorship is sug-
gested by several as to be desired.
symposium BN Pnbiishers
Theodore Wright editor in chief,
phlladelphia: Printing the news of
committed crimes is both legitimate
and necessary for public Information
Fxnlaiting such news With view to
sensation by over-statement or over
display is neither legitmate or heeeS-
sary' IL Is an apuHs ,ii,s,,or Of tho
saillgei ,le,,,, i' HIass Ip"nnhlieon Il do
alti'i ,t hni5ova ii, thnf il is nracticable or
deairable Ia eliminate topics Of crime
and scandal from current news
do think however, that u - Nei w
sir@ple 70 'gssgt' ny e,,,snennre ",e,, nnd 10
sun 9l.,., VIZ, kacner sense of social re-
enonsibilitv on the part Of newspaper
managers In this and other matters.
Frederick Sullens editor. Jseksoi'
Miss. Daily News; 90 not pe'iesn go y
Is posslplo ~ ',,.it IN if.' tonics ~ rrime
pnpoae .,5 '.s..ndal from current news. How
- thoro ought ia be a general
n,ovement among newspapers to mini
mize news of this character give II
less conspicuous position anu ely
more space ana pron'i'iei1 prom VA n,oto,ial @
mnon front page would be given with
NOR frequency to industrial news
and less often TO divorce court ply
ceedings, the genera 'Un' "iu ,ta ~,
ence ol tlc ~ n'i' !, ''''i'
fa1t's at ~,tV No JcurnaI again
,,,a council of clubs OF Kansas
i,,. ,,,sidared the nevspaper as an
e,,. t,e ,,onopation Of unuleas-
"s ~ ,,',t,tt,. crncarning murders.
'"' 1,,'s,.os aud other crimes
9u', .f'.,,l,,,.,,,ors and odopted a
"'iu .i.. 80 nondernnatiop This is
,,,a.,ns ,.n uncommon occur
~ ~ -, n.onln have enter
eii.'' ~ ~ niot,n mn If the news
u'i'''u Wv "a ror,.ain from, p,tblish
p"p'," -, ,.i,,,os the crimes
NJ ,,,7.,,,sat,.as ,,o,ld decrease. These
l',tntons have crystalized from time
~ ~ ',i,v'' ,,n,a into resolutions such as that
,.,. no Council of clubs.
p's1t' '1, - - not necossar, for the decent
a.. doford itself against
,i' ,i, ,p''r ,h,reos contained In This resolu-
w., r,,,as. ,.bo bavr plvcn sufgi-
49,, 49,, ,,,d snffictentIv logical thought
-. tn,,, tbat bv reason
~ n,,1,lioit. Given crimes
'i '''' ..i,,s t,r,o is sironp dis
ana So'l''' 80 ~, Who otherwise
....,I, ,or,r,tt them The fear Of
",'''' '.'''',,..,,.,,, ,,otori,ty, is "a powerful
.i'.'.,i,',,t q, ,conl. who feel disgrace
I'll ,ritcisn, n is the ever