The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1925-05-02
CRIME AND SCANDAL NEWS

CRIME AND SCANDAL NEWS
Chicago Defender n response to repeated Inquiries
engaged special writer Mr. Chandler Owen write defense in
justification of its giving front page publicity crime
and scandal The writer states that the publish
must study psychology and when he cannot dis
the fine theories of Wm James, Munsterberg
ondke and Others he has the faculty gaspng practical
psychology to a unbelievable degree.
little knowledge may dangerous thing wrongly ap-
piled smaerng of practical psychology" lead the
formation of pecious habits the with metaphysics The
unable master human phenomena had better leave
re alone Psychology and metaphysics recognized sciences
both taught in the leading universities Had the publisher
who has gasped practical psychology to unbelievable de-
further into the subject he would made dis
cover which the eminent the writer mentions fully
agreed that impression formed upon the subconscious mind
through vocal ocular agencies react the individual
mner the thing impressed and human conduct
proportion the extent of the
This the secret of the successful advertiser By
tnuous advertising of commodities they become with
the of the producer The human mind unconsciouy
cepbe to influence Fear element that impress very
strong mind 1t well epdemics largely
brought about through the of fear As hnkeh
in his heart he true avom when carried to its logical
conclusion.
This analogy applies with equal the publicity
crime the newspaper Instead of acting deterrent
incentive for the commitment of crime Hence the
that INDUCES paradng and scandal be-
comes a menace by being party to its promotion.
Mr. Owen stressed the Chicago Tribune criterion The
Tribune formerly great and potential force newspaper
longer occupies the high estate held the minds of large
class of followed the Hearst idea
and become just yellow the publications
nterloper into the field of journalism.
The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce the
vesy Pennsylvania has made by and thorough
examination of the first of eight leading newspapers of the
East. Editions from 1911 October 1924 to
February 1925 studied
And what did the Investigators They found that today
these typical devote only 22 per
first items that wrong
doing violence this study all accidents involving
degree OF police investigation included with the other police
news" And still police found to fill only little more
than one-ffth of first page space
Politics and government got 38B per rspage atten-
ton Foreign received 12 per disasters 14
cent business five the
three cent Society," religions deaths sport
news claimed the remaining four per cent.
However this survey daily newspapers publish
ed In the large ceners of population in the interest
public and does not apply to either general weekly special
group newspaper The mission of daily newspaper print
the current This the weekly unable adequately
satisfactorily.
At best it only give of the important events
after the have appeared in the daily
course special correspondence that give details of
happenings have value weekly news
especially published the interest of race
The trouble with publishers their inability
the real object of the group weekly newspaper dis
ngushed from the weekly and daily publications serve the
general public.
We do not agree with Mr. when he states that the
worse the the greater the interest negligible number
people of the good should have for they
don't crave It, Evil chiefly aung scandal salacous we
avid for the purent perncous anxious for
slime and filth and dirt We willing admit that So
cey has become in this
demand this class of matter We admit there
bid class of readers who every of the