The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-04-27

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had not yet developed the men. And il
used to be said in the beginning thai
the United Press, as compared with
the Associated Press, was technically
crude. l am not so sure of that. These
young men might not have so much
| understanding of rhetoric or so much
appreciation of a balanced Sentenced +;
but they were able, by the character of
their Instructions, to put something of
their own feelings into their news re-
ports. They expressed characteristic
cally the popular point of view. In re-
porting the affairs of Europe, for ex-
ample, the world-renowned correspon-
dents of the Associated Press had CIV
en- the traditional old accounts of de-
bates in parliament and of war rumors
on the continent. The United Press
tried to find and print news concerning
the common people of Europe-what
they were thinking and doing, what
part they had in great events. This
instance has often been cited as. illus
trating the difference between the two
bureaus; and it is worth citing again:
When King George was crowned at
Westminster, the Associated Press re-
ported the pomp and parade of the
event, told of the massed regiments,
the cheering crowds, the splendid med
iaeval ceremony in the Abbey The
United Press did that and more; it
tried to find just how much of the
cheering in the crowds was real en-
thusiasm and how much false; it pic
tured the hungry mob of Whitechapel
pouring out to see their king pass; 1t
showed the outcasts struggling for the
food dropped from the picnic baskets
of more fortunate spectators. Here
was the point of view in action, if |
may be allowed to mix metaphors. The
unbiased" Associated Press men did
not know that they were biased when
they failed to see the significance of
this fight for broken victuals.
Took Up Human Interest Side.
The new bureau has worked on the
same principles at home. If you want
ed to understand the workers side of
he strike at Lawrence, you had to read
he United Press. The Associated
Press was apparently making brave |
struggle to give this side-they were
quoting the labor leaders as we'll S |
he employers. But the spirit of labor |
Vas not there, because the Associated !
Press correspondents did not see with |
he laborers eyes, while the United |
Press correspondents did.
Absorbed New Evening Papers.
BY such methods the United Press
,egan to absorb the new evening pa
,ers as they sprang UP through the
that the existence of an
open" press bureau made is pos bic
o start newspapers. 1t has grown
|
907 to SIS in 1914. The Associated
'ress has, believe, about 500 evening
lients. How the two compare i'll
bulk of circulation" no one exactly
nows Probably the Associated Press
till has the greater evening circula-
ion. Such subscribers as the Chicago,
Ill, |
ewspapers raise the total nightly,
Though the newer bureau serves
lany large metropolitan subscribers.
Evening Paper Real Factor.
If the evening paper were the onl
actor to be considered in the whole
ED of journalism, this condition Of .
fairs would be almost ideal. Let us
ave conservative press bureau +
hose correspondents see the world,
nd honestly report on that world, r
ON the Tory point of view, together 3
18th radical press bureau whose cor E
espondents see the world, and hon r
silly report on that world, from the !,
ldical point of view. Then shall we
i've free discussion, and the truth be
veen conservative and radical will Il
,me out in the end. +
But there remains morning journal n
m; and to the higher purposes of E
.mocracy, morning journalism is ex 2
emely important. q
Big News During the Day. d
There is, in the first place, the mat
+ of technique. Most big" news =
"Opens before 6 o'clock in the even Z
g, when the world closes up its day
d begins to play. The events which
ppen after that time are generally v
important in their bearing on public u
inion. Now between o'clock, when
2 great events are finished, and IL
l o'clock, when the morning paper VI
es to press, there is time for report II
5 and editors to put little finish r
o their work. The reporter writing f
those events for a / a. m. edition A
s either seen them, or got his de- II
Upton of them, at first hand. In III
, interval before his newspaper goes dc
press, he has time to write about as
IN with an approach to the larger
/ calmer spirit in which one does 81
best literary work of any kind. vi
the other hand, so-cal1ed reporting tn
the awning newsnaner has hacoma II