Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
OF
A. P. UpHOLDS
NEWSPAPERS
= ellis Ills lndustr ialists
hat Most American
p Are Worthy
Vt Confidence

new YORK. Oct. 25.-R-
Stsr 2. Noyes, of the Washington
Pres. president of the Associat a
tiva 1oio a group of representa-
inoustrials Wednesday that
wa'san newspapers. as n whole.
~; worthy Of the confidence Of
sneir readers"
speaking at the fifth animal an
ra,see OF major industries. held at
- moia University, Mr.. Moves ,said
thought every one familiar with
t;slnaiism in America in the last
ely years would agree "that in ac-
s1taey Of statement, in breadth Of
.nlormation. in ethical standards"
Upward. PiosfesS
Unjust Criticism
49,. MOVES. appearing as the rep
Xsnta'ive of the publishing in
~9sry. said that the reports Of
Sus"spapers and press associations
contain many inaccuracies"
s.nee they were the products Of hu-
ma noeings. but he gave assurance
mat the intention is TO fairly and
.eenrately depict the situation de-
scribed.
he defended American journalism
Akainst forms of attack and criti-
elsm which he said were unjust and
un~warranted.
have no reply that l rare to
MAKE" he said. ITO those who
m~aiiciously and falsely impute mo-
yves that do not exist. or those
.,ho profess not to believe anything
sney see in the newspapers, though
"a truth most of the little they know
tnat has fact as a basis has been
Rarnered from those same news
papers"
Many Charges
Perhaps the largest class Of
critics" Mr.. Boyes said, "are those
VINO find craftsmanship in the news
reports of both press associations
and newspapers. l think these
Critics are in the main of entire
good faith. but unfortunately the
real trouble Is that they are SO
partisan themselves that what they
want Is partisanship on their sid..
i have been in this business for
many years and il the time ever
eunes when the Associated Press is
not charged by Ill parties and most
candidates with adverse partisan
ship, / will be very seriously per-
trrbed.
AS IL is / am s~erenely conscious
Of the fact that we are doing our
level best. day in and day out, to
keep in the middle of the road. hav-
Ing no partiality for any party. any
church, any economic theory nor any
cause or man whatever and, on the
other hand, no hostility to any Of
them.
Do Not Make News
A"T know that this is true OF the
Associated Press and ! believe il Is
also now true Of the other large
press associations"
Another form Of attack "more or
less popular with critics with unde-
velopsd intellectual honesty" Mr..
Noyes said. as TO make a charge
so vehementig. so didactically that
a>s is apt { .L-hand 10 conclude that
r. true. sinister conclusions must be
BE- drawn"
IAN example OF this" he c%ontin-
ued. 'can be given in the excited at
tscks on the Associated Press when
it sent a story from Washington
stating that our state department
was much disturbed over what II re-
garded rs an attempt to establish
A bolshevik hegemony e Central
America and that the departments
attitude toward that section of the
world was governed by that frame
Of mind in the department Of state.
Nicaraguan News
aThe charge was made that in dis
tributing this story the Associated
Press became the servile tool OF the
state department. but when all Is
ssid and done the fact remains that
the attitude Of our government was
accurately given in the story and
N my Judgment (although / had
no knowledge Of it until after IL had
hsen printed), il was news Of high
fmportarce 10 which readers OF the
which compose the Asso-
dated Press we're entitled and the
withholding Of which, not the print
ing. would have been a gross be-
traysi Of trust.
, aAs 70 whether the ap~prehensions
M the department Of state had a
mbstantial Foundation, as to wheth-
A. the Bolsheviks were or are right
A. wrong, has and is no concern Of
the Associated Press-the prime fact
vas that we had definite, reliable
Information that our government
vns dealing with our relations with
Mexico and Nicaragua on this basis
Crooks Far Between
. Mr.. Noyes found that most OF the
attacks on the integrity Of news
-.-.-. - nress associations Ere
soIve themselves essentially into at
.srks on individual workers-not
srners or managers. for every mar
srgaced in this work knows that no
executive would or could personally
Sistort news accounts and survive"
sThere have been venal newspaper
-.n ns there have been venal doc
soys. lawyers, business men and
war yenal politicians, but God be
.hsnked that the newspaper crooks
- few and far between"
Mr.. Noyes concluded with a trib-
- "a the news gatherers who are
s.srvinr nobly, suffering proudly.
s,i,v bravely that you and may
Ne our daily tidings of what Is
ss,rering in this cynical old world
n ANS"