The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-14
SHALL WE HAVE NEWSPAPERS
WITHOUT PRfNCPEESP y -

Yesterday The Times-News made refer
ence to a newspaper published in MIssls-
sippi that is endeavoring to pursue aeoarSe
that will please all of its patrons. One OF
the statements made by this newspaper IS
this: While it approves the Ten Command
ments, it will retract approval on objection
of any subscriber or advertiser. The same
attitude is taken with reference to the Col
den Rule; and as to subjects of political
and other present day controversy, this
newspaper takes position on all four sides
of every question.
Readers of the paper and the public will
understand, of course, that the Mississippi
newspaper is only taking what ArtemaS
Ward would have branded as ''SarSaSti-
cal" attitude 10 the frailties, faults and
failings of human nature; IS the whole
business Is 3 slam aS critical, fault-fnding
newspaper readers However, It viii be in
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Ess xSag1 lack Of one hundred per Gems.
punT approval Of me policies of his news
papa, 4 the exception and not the rule.
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EQs@ - please everybodS-in fact, if its
c1cs failed TO bring down ta,e wrath &C
zsns people on his newspaper, he would
know - certainty that his newspaper
Exs failing 10 meet It's responsibilities and
privileges.
There was q time, in this country when
nearly al the newspapers were hide-bounti
political organs, They gave more space rs
politics than to everything else cofhbinell.
and could always be counted, on to foot the
party horn, whether their party was right
or wrong. Al the present time a; large m.s-
Sority of the eoantry's newspapers are inN
Gependent, Some of them may lean to one
party, some TO the other; but the countrS's
best and greatest newspapers are so hide
pendent that they do not hesitate to take
issue with their own party about matters
of principle.
The only newspaper that can possibly
render readers any service as All interpre-
ter of the news or Guide to understanding
Of public issues. Is the honest, Independent
newspaper. The kide-bouad party organ
that viii support political party right or
wrong is worthless as far as its opinions
are concerned, The public Knows IN at
vance that its opinions viii be theAsame as
the opinions of the crowd that Happens tt
control the papers political party for Che
tine being No honest constructive dit.
eussion of ISSUES is ever found in the col.