New Britain herald., 1924-10-28

headline, it was declared by Mr. Davis did not prove to Bo correct, The minister who made a fool hardy statement based upon a headline without waiting for ~on- tlrmatiop, was at least as culpahle in his conception of public duty as tho newspaper which printed the crrng headline. >.
 If the minister expects ncws- papers never to err, never to make mistakes, never to print story giving only one side Of contro- Norsy~-which usually happens sole ly because the other side of the controversy is not available before going to prCss-thon the minister is expecting entirely too much, Perhaps newspapers will be able 10 conuyor the eXigcncics of the of- flee "dcad line" in handling news. and be able to be perfect in every detail at about the time ministers or other men never err or make mistakes,
 Every newspaper that makes an effort 10 live up 10 its name and not be a mere organ Of some cause or party or faction, inevitably has disagrccmonts with every faction in its constituency. This usually re- suits because ono group concludes it is not receiving as much pub licity as it considers it deserves. Sometimes because an editor can not give columns Of space in an already crowded newspaper to somo cause he is branded as be- lcver in the other side; and the other faction invariably comes to think that it. too, is not receiving enough free publicity and turns into carping critics.
 The fact Is that an honest per son wrapped up in cause, hobby or issue, can see nothing of i'm portance in any other cause, hobby or issue. and easily leads himself to regard a particular newspaper as opposing him if the editor fails to see the necessity of overplaying the one side. It is much easier to be a minister, devoted to but one primary cause and circulating among friends of that cause, than it is to be. an impartial editor de- voted to no primary cause and seeking through his newspaper to be fair to everyone.
 An honest newspaper, whose constituency comes from all classes and whose reader believe in many causes and have many hobbies and disagree upon many issues, cannot peryert it's news column for any Of them if it would continue to live as a free and Independent journal
 An honest and independent news paper is not primarily an organ ot opinion, an organ of any particular class. or an organ of any cause. There are newspapers which frank ly are organs of particular causes interests or political parties, when is entirely legitimate so long as they fly their colors so that'no one with common sense in his makeup can misunderstood or be deceived. In most cases such partisanship is reflected solely in their editorial columns, and in only few cases to our knowledge is partisanship strongly reflected in the news col umns, and this by papers which have not yet departed from the practices of a bygone day.
 Today, in the midst of a political campaign, honest newspapers are printing the declarations, claims and contentious of all partlsans and caring little whether opinions credited to leaders in the parties 20 contrary to their editorial pol icies. Only one daily newspaper ln Connecticut so far as we are aware. has announced it's refusal to print news pertaining to the third party, and this paper, in Bristol has gained considerable notore'y for it's stand because of the fact if was an exception to the general rule.
 An honest and independent newspaper will print the news as if breaks" without regard to it's nature. This is what the general nublic has a right to expect and it is what they want when they buy the newspaper, If the minister had in mind any other type of news paper he in fairness should have differentiated between them,
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