The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-14
"Wednesday, Nov. "A, 1917.
PRINTING WAR NEWS

publisher, at a recent gathering of !
American newspaper editors in Kan
sas City, told them that many of them
are not doing right in the way they
are reporting the war news. He de-
clared that it is a serious error to do as
several of the great New York papers
are doing, in featuring the encourage
ing news from the war and minimiz-
ing the other side Lord Northcliffe
said in part:
To-day saw great headline
across a newspaper. 1t read, $500
German Prisoners Taken In an
other place, carefully hidden, '27,500
British Casualties Think of it
placed where no one would think OF
looking for it. This is all wrong.
The news that makes up a newspaper
is everything, and true and important
news should be placed where it will
attract the readers attention.
In an important propaganda in my
country we never print the news that
way. The British newspapers at
present give you facts just as they
actually happen, but we had to learn
to do that. | believe that is only fair,
so that the people can actually know
what is going on.
You read where a wonderful inven-
ton was made which would destroy
the submarine! You read about sub
marines being destroyed in large
numbers. You read that in your
newspapers, and you believe it to be
authentic information, and it is no
information at all.
Presentation of this war news,
am sure, you have already found is
one of the more difficult tasks that
ever confronted newspaper Even
II correct facts are printed. often
times they will not be, accepted by
the public
still, we have found 1t to be our
experience that when the war first
broke out the newspapers that print
ed flattering reports OF the war that
were accepted as facts by the reading
public-just as soon as our sons be-
gan TO write us from the hattie front
what was really going on, those news
papers who printed false. although
tiattering reports OF the war news.
We're discredited and those few Who
from the first, dared to print the real
facts, became more and more to he re-
lied on and rose in public favorF
Il know the difficulty of dealing
with the prosperous people-they are
all so optimistic. The war has done
much for themit has made them
prosperous, they get more for their
wheat, corn, meat, etc. They read
about the wonder-victories we are
having the hundreds OF sub
marines that we are sinking-that
Germany is without food or anything
to wear--that she is having internal
revolts, etc. and they take 1t all in
all of it untrue.
believe me, when the soldiers
come home, they are going to rule the
people to a certain extent They are
going to override these politicians
who have given us rotten deal 1t
will be an awful hard thing for any
future, when this war is over. |
have talked with our soldiers at the
front who have been there and have
had three years of this horrible war
fare.
They are very determined and
have very strong ideas of capital, la
Dor. rule and all the various questions
that are paramount in the public
minds today. They will be in posi-
tion to dominate to certain extent
many of the communities in which
they Will reside They have a strong
feeling of brotherhood
This war has done lot in draw
ing people together, and our soldiers
are going to come back banded to.
gether with very strong bond.
THE United States and Great Bri- |
tain are very close together. If we |
two people keep together. we can, |
am sure, see that there is never an |
other war.
AS | travel over the United States |
! find that your country is very SINH |
lar to our country-your people are |
very similar to our people. You are
are veryulor- s:t-,f Notwithstanding |
ruled by your people, 80 are We You |
hated an army and so did we. We |
are very similar in our likes, ideals
and government We hated war, we |
did not have an army, and | hope and |
pray that we will never have another
war, and believe that il we keep to-
gether when the soldiers come back
and the conditions are adjusted. we
will have a continued peace, for be-
lieve that the people will see to 1t
That nothing will happen like this as |