New Britain herald., 1924-07-01
CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPERS

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 Newspapers in Connecticut have moi
 departed from a sane presentation oi
 news and carcfulncss in comment. The
 state. not dominated by cities with
 huge populations. Is free from the jazz journalism that unfortunately
 has developed in some other states
 Citizens of the state do not need to
 be coaXod into reading its newspapers : through the usc of sign-board head
 lines over ordinary news. Large type
 has its uses, but such use Is not justi- 1 fled every day.
 New England's center of display | type Is Boston. It would seem that
 this erudite metropolis of supposed
 culture would be the last to revel in
 daily bath of scare heads, but with out question it surpasses all other cities except Pittsburgh in type display. Much space is given to trivial scandal stories in Boston. and it is poor day when stories of bandits, thugs and thieves do not gain prominence out of all proportion to their social value. There are exceptions, of course the Boston Herald Transcript and Chris tian Science Monitor being in this number The others shriek like a man crazed with hootch.
 The f-rther one is removed from Boston the less one sees the yellow strain. Worcester has run wild with it. at least from the standpoint of big type; but from there the tendency dies out. The vast majority of newspapers in New England plough along close to common sense; those of Connecti- cut are models of restraint
 Compared with Boston, the New York papers are mild indeed, exclud- ing the Hearst complex. They are slow to deck themselves in frenzied' type. Considering the polyg1ot population of the metropolis, one should think there would be more reason for wild rides on type in New York than in Boston.
 It isn't big type that determines the quality and reliability of newspaper. Nutmeggers, 1t is certain, brought up in an atmosphere of restrained journalism, are inclined to look with suspicion upon publication requiring the forced-draft process of poster type to call attention to It's wares. They instinctively compare it with a man wearing a rcd necktie and a vari- -colored vest-such person | would attract attention, but he | wouldn't be listened to in an argu- ment.
 Connecticut isn't alone in preferring | ifs news unpeppered with romance, distortion and fakery. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and tho cities in those territories, are models of international journalism. Pitts burgh is loud and dizzy, in the class with the bean-caters. Cleveland is mild Cincinnati boasts a newspaper with the most elaborate head-type in America, but it remains conservative n it's news stories. Chicago is mid way between good and bad. St. Louis s mild, Kansas City is excessively soft. Denver, wild and woolly which s the case in California.
 Tastes of the public toward news papers are pretty nearly what the newspapers themselves create. In ities and states where conservatism n layouts and display rules, public aste follows; in cities where news- 'apers have taught the public to ex- 'cct brazen blasts and yelowness, aste bends accordingly.
 The public of the Nutmeg state has ; etained it's good taste in journalism, 'hich has not been violated or de- ormed by the press.