Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-02
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ports sent out from Berlin, although
invariably correct, rarely receive seri-
Gus attention by our newspapers, some
Of the latter going so far as to reject
wireless reports from Germany"
Mr.. Prleth is mistaken. Official
reports from Berlin receive the seri-
Gus attention Of all American newspa-
pers. and we know OF no newspaper
that rejects German wireless reports.
On the contrary. large sums Of money
have been spent by the World and
other papers in the effort to obtain
more complete news from Germany
II Mr.. Prieth will examine the Ger
man newspapers as they come to the
United states. he will find that they
print no important German war news
which has not already appeared in
the World ana other New York news
papers
Mr. Preth complains about the
number of fake news reports that
come from British, French and Bel
CLAN sources. but he should remember
that however accurate the official
Berlin reports may be, some OF the
most highly spectacular fakes of the
war have come from German sources.
Surely he cannot have forgotten how
the Niw- Yorker Herold sank thirty
nine British warships by means of
Zoppelins .or how the Staats-Ieitung
destroyed British fleet in the Hum
her by submarines. only last. week
a Berlin dispatch Killed 10000 Rus
slams In single battle.
Neither side has monopoly Of the
taking in this war If there is more
OF il on the side Of the allies, that
preponderance is easily explained by
the fact that more war news of all
kinds comes from those sources. Tho
luntruthful reports against which Mr..
Pfeth protests are not part OF a de-
llheratc campaign OF SANDER vltup-
Grafton and boasting," as he thinks.
They are an inevitable result Of such
Ia censorship as all the governments
have applied Correspondents are not
allowed at the front In the German
army they are wholly under the ban.
and correspondents everywhere have
to be guided not 10y what they see but
by what they are told.
There Is no more unsatisfactory way
of gathering news. yet In respect TO
the main operations Of the different
iarmics, the American people In par
tcuar have been kept remarkably
wen informed. Nothing reflects more
credit upon The energy and resource
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the manner in which it has overcome
the obstacles chat military dospotism
and a rigid censorship have imposed
upon q correct reporting Of this war.
Fakes there have been, and plenty
Of them, but few have survived the
publicity OF twenty-four hours.
Where the news proved to be wrong
| il has been corrected as soon as pos
sihlc, and there is no important par
ticuar IN which readers of American
newspapers are misinformed except in
matters in which the conflicting re-
ports from both sides make il impos-
able to separate the true from the
false,
/ OF the complaints about the news
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found that in majority of cases the
fault was with the reader Rumors
that were printed as rumers he had
persisted IN taking as direct state
mcnts OF facts Unofficial reports
printed as unofficial reports he has
( twisted into official reports Even
luhvious typographical errors have
been construed as proof of gross un-
fairness or shocking ignorance on the
lpaft of the newspapers
The man who reads the New York
newspapers every day with an intelli-
gent and open mind and who careful
by checks up not only the corrections
of misleading false reports but the
,corroborations OF correct reports. will
have very clear and accurate informal
tion AS 60 the general progress of the
war More than that no newspaper
can hope TO do for it's readers.