Arizona republican., 1916-02-14
The "lnaccuracy' of Newspapers

There thousands of Americans, mostly young. who have the slightest doubt that they could successfully conduct a bank. run railroad com mand an army. As they grow older and learn more they difficulties in these various vacations. hitherto unsuspected by them But there two occupations which the average American of any age believes he could fill credit himself and the great glory advantage country We should be ashamed any American who so lacks spirit and confidence himself doubt whether he could run newspaper hotel That might subsequently, learn that he ,could not, would be the result of experience and would in nowise fleet upon his spirit and his willingness try anything
 We are the more concerned with those who with out experience feel free point the faults newspapers. One of their grevous charges against the newspapers is their of accuracy. How impossible is absolute accuracy pointed by the New York Times
 The nine Appam passengers allowed to come on shore Wednesday had nine accounts of the German raider which took the Appam She a cruiser big gun5oat, a converted fruit steamer, and
 Which, as . parable al!egory, moral lesson or admonitor is submitted respectfully the sages and of infability who from the fat deptl:s of club sofas professors chairs otherwise, chuck odiun. the 'inaccuracy of the newspapers" Here nine honest. intelligent men trying to tell what they and two agree. TEe inaccurate" . newspapers record what thousands of persons tell see, hear do The everlasting and unlimited vari- ability of evidence the dscordances of sincere wit nesses to the fact. the practical impossbilitT of getting anything exactly straight" known to lawyers and must be known to laymen. and to the superior souls that demand from newspapers accuracy impossible in this world of appearances and errors.
 Let us say it frankly Nothing can be known by the nothing reported by them by any body with absolute accuracy. Variance often proves honesty witnesses. There hardly such thing a fact There is only fable observation of show appearance, which is ihc any There is the invisible and inutle truth, in theory, but how shall mortal men upon. it?
 And since it is impossible to get more than approximation of contemporary facts, past his must be kaleidoscope of guesses, library of fictons many million diameters inaccurate than the newspapers an! the rest of
 has been engaged in the newspaper field for a time and has lerned anything worth while about it. (some never learnD he becomes tolerant. He understands the difficulties of the -gatherers He realizes also that there ways thar of telling writing story. in his calow days seemed awkard and i'm proper becomes allowable. He would not, per haps handle the story precisely some one else has done it, but he cannot say that his would be the better. His breadth permits him to the merit if there is any. in the other fellows way. He has become impartial judge and he knows that it is humany impossible times to de- cide.
 To ignorant there is nothing easier than criticism He is not troubled by conflicting facts The who knows that the earth does and is not round knows it absolutely and is distracted by on:ectures regarding the primal of durna! and sderlai motions.