El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24
Honest Newspaper Service

pleasure to able to say such requests getting fewer
an the time Recently near relative m mf8s5t 81 pssO business mar
got promptly
episode suppressed had
the had bcOme topic general discussion
ground request publication
ment to the business and his family of the family relationship
with the defendant in the
vast
being public knowledge episode
little thing"
replied pn
cp publicity public knowledge
lutey vital to the reputation Of decent newspaper for reliability
duty public
develops suppress
item and never has done SC IN II years under ths present management that the
The Herald in this regard has absolutely consistent
play inparHHy unfends
advertisers velas nonad
Insisting upon request suppression particular i the business
spends money
Herald for advertising he was told that the editorial and departments of
the responsible to the business way
personal grounds
necessarily declined this man stopped in the business
solely paper suppress item
personally sought punish The Herald
Of his friends had him money safe without
accounting for it order
asking in personal violate
basic principle Of honest service to the public
paper projectors continue as in the
enjoy both The Herald advertising space solely as
OF as bhe for the control policy.
space viii be offered advertiser, t others
Perhaps after reflection this
fairness and wisdom invariably declining to suppress
anybody Probably respect for The
~ after TINS incident than he had before 1t
same If he had been the largest advertiser the particular
~ MS request but the fundamental basis Of The Heras standing this
community its truth and completeness
This man would have lost the last vest
0Is the paper had suppressed the item his
true He would never again had reliability
Herald regards this absolute iHiaHty in printing all the news
as the basic principle of decent practice many
decline similar important advertisers Never
mas II maze an ez'puonhe fatal first exception that would
heens policy money DIRECTLY
in loss Of advertising but in greatest factor in
sndth best in the southwest FF'
the principle involved
Not only he but at least Of his friends
fesdOn including many the chamber of commerce insisted
dent Trivial in ITSELF principle decent news
practice and he the request must be de-
aned He withdrew advertising paper
the account had been 20 times as Is The Held 5 80 M years II
very greatly values friendship and business
accounts but not the extent selling the newspaper money or
of The eds largest advertisers had siqbt accident , HE
involving injury another suppressed As he
request the trouble to threaten the j ~ "a me
He that The Heraldg Te 5 t
be varied FROM and that the consult the business de-
print The item s0e and
the business withdrawn.
In another accident large advertiser requested
and the request was necessarily declined.
One advertiser demanded concern be never sn
IN reports Of accidents and threatened advertising scunt if
me demand we're refused The regular and the account
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spite pressure brought to bear P The article duly appeared
One large accounts Of unpleasant PR Bos nj IN his
ace
-essed He told that the rule ewaive u U sup
Three involving
duSer
The facts published with the in
l1e RUE In one OF these cases small
~ Inc @'liOn III
professional man became involved in trouble he and his friends
III D0lAi u SupP1eSAO5
Several leading from time TO time for the
oppression Of accounts Of losses defaons ground that the pub
astoHsrs Of The Herald Their necessarily Be 5i1eS Hoe
be had already o record @ -
me argument II be for
in heavily when s5veI-s TnaEe