United labor bulletin., 1912-05-30
WERE, DENOUNCED ON THE FLOOR AS
"JUGGLERS OF LABOR NEWS TO SUIT
THEIR OWN POLITICAL ALLIANCES"

1HElK OWN POLl11OAl- ALLIANCES.
Even after this defeat of the faction that fol-
lows the news for free advertising, the News in
Monday mornings paper not fair enough to
admit the facts The News could not tell the truth
because the truth would condemn it in every line
The motion saying that the News had lied carried
unanimously. THE VOTE ON THE MOTION
TO EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT WAS
UNANIMOUS.
This is but sample of what privately owned
newspapers that cater to corporate interests
becoming. There is a cry from all parts of the
country about newspapers that deceive the public
as does the Patterson newspaper. In politics the
country over it is the The truth is distorted
and irreparable wrong is done. In Germany the
Socialist party considers member scab' if he
purchases a corporation paper-and in Germany
every member OF the party is a union man.
Newspapers are becoming so yellow and dirty
in the United States that it is becoming national
issue The Metropolitan, in its last issue, has this
to say in editorial that covers the greater part
OF page:
In political campaigns party
newspapers are expected to lie about the situation
Just as woman is permitted to be inaccurate about
her age. In neither is there a genuine intent
to deceive The newspapers are bound TO be found
out almost immediately, and they feel shame in
the matter But where it is not of national
campaign, the newspapers still lie whenever the
facts go against their preconceived ideas OF what is
expedient; and very often they never found out
An excellent example of this kind of fasehood
might be found in any of the regular newspapers
the time of the last Milwaukee election for mayor
The Socialist mayor Seidel was defeated. The re-
dictionary press hailed the news as a crushing de-
feat for Socialism OF course it not defeat
for Socialism. Mr.. Seidel actually poled more
votes on this occasion than he did when he
elected. The difference that on the former oc-
casion he fighting the two regular political
parties and won in three-cornered contest This
time the two political parties combined against him.
and of course defeated him. But note two things
When he was elected, his vote not regarded
a straight Socialist vote, but rather as an express
sion of general discomfort against the rottenness of
the city government When he up for cleo
ton the second time the malcontents the
other side, and his support unquestionably came
from bona fide Socialists. And what the
papers hailed as crushing blow to Socialism
really an astonishing exhibition of Socialist
strength.
But that, too, might be regarded as harmless
political lie. Far serious were the deliberate
falsehoods about Mr.. Seidels administration.
Absolutely against the facts, this administration
described as eNtravagant and inefficient whereas
it was just the reverse. This is really harmful
kind of lie because it is contradicted, or at
least it is never contradiced in the national press,
and so people in general get completely erroneous
notion of the facts behind the various Progressive
movements in this country.
The News has certain pets in the labor move
ment who cater to the desires of the management
of that publication, and these labortes are at all
times put forward in the columns of that paper,
whether they have any abilit yor not and those who
do not support the desires of the paper are abused in
the columns of the greatest enemy of labor in Den
yer.
In the ages that have gone the people have
cried for free speech and free press but the time
will come-and that at no far distant date-when
the people will rise in their might and cry down
such dirty yellow rags as the Rocky Mountain
News the pens of whose character assassins stop at
nothing that will ruin citizen whose belief econ
omical conditions places in opposition to the paper
,f the kino of yellow journalism.