Evening star., 1932-10-22
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SERVICE IS LAUDED
Newspaper Executive Calls
This "GoIden Age of
Journalism"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j., October 22-In
discussing news treatment Of political
campaigns before the Nassau Club last
night, Louis Wiley, business manager
Of the New York Times, declared:
THE Associated Press, that marvel
cooperative basis to many hundreds of
newspapers of all shades of political
opinion, is guarantee that the news
papers will receive thorough and
impartial news report of the campaign.
1T would amaze you to know with
what care the member newspapers OF
that organization watch its reports
for even a careless word or phrase
which might be considered to be any
thing but strictly impartial.
THE record of the Associated Press
in steering. its course fairly through
the rocks of political campaign is an
achievement which ranks high in the
annals of good reporting"
True Golden Age"
The newspaper of 1882 represents
the true gold age of journalism" from
the college mans point of view, Wiley
declared.
In tracing the change that has come
over the field OF journalism since the
era Of the So-called great editors,
Greeley, Dana, Raymond and others"
Wiley declared:
The day of the rabidly partisan
newspaper is past. 1t was not really
a newspaper Some newspapers today
are openly partisan, and it is entirely
possible to see on their front pages
daily a biased emphasis in the treat
ment of news.
Generally speaking, however. the
newspapers are relegating their partl-
san views to the editorial pages, where
they belong. :.
.'The reporters and the news edi-
tors understand that they are to gather
and print the news without color"
Election Is Test.
He called national election "a test
of the service of the newspaper" and
added:
although we now have the radio,
which carries the voice of the preSl-
dental candidates to millions, the
newspapers carry the texts of these i'm
portant documents to tens upon tens
of millions.
"You cannot read, mark, learn and
inwardly digest the fleeting voice OF
the air, but you can know the import
Of a speakers words when these words
are before you in cold type.
"I do not belittle the value Of the
radio, but I am glad that our citizens
do not approach the polls on election
day armed only with the information
which they have gained from the air
The intelligent voter demands more
than he can obtain from any source
except his newspaper"
Tn telling of npWSDaDe~S OF genera
tions ago. Wiley said:
THE editors Of that time gave views
rather than news. 1t was not
easy to gain information upon which
an independent and impartial person
could make up his mind on the ques-
tions of the day.
Careful Choice Necessary.
"For the college man of this genera
ton, whose education trains and fits
him to apply principles to sets OF facts,
the newspaper OF 1882 represents the
true golden age of journalism.
"At no time in the history of the
newspaper has it been possible for the
intelligent reader to obtain from his
daily paper a greater wealth Of informa-
ton on national, foreign, local, cul-
tural events.
The intelligent citizen can
rot live separately from his or her
newspaper"
He cautioned his audience to choose
your newspaper as carefully as you
choose your friends"
He suggested that a paper should not
be selected because lit has certain
comic strip or humorist," and added:
Suppose, when Pheidippidies ran
more than a score of miles to tell the
>f 10 I1n
had informed the waiting populace that
ne did not bring the news, but had the
DAYS strip of Mutt and jeff. Browning
did not write of his famous poem on
bringing from Client to Aixia column
Of advice to the lovelorn. 1t was news
which the riders struggled to carry
With such haste"