The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1936-04-18
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Inventorying Minneapolis Dailies
The first function Of newspaper its principal duty is to
curately details Of official conduct coupled with similarly
recals of influences bearing and shaping official acts
and public affairs
reliably informed concerning all matters of governmental nature
The facilities Of make them the natural agents for
transmitting information the public In fact is the
duty Of daily newspaper under universal code Of journalism to
thus function aho the practice Is always general.
The reporting stats Of city dails all important public
affairs and relay their outlines their respective editors the lat
determining what 60 print and what Is to be censored
These editors determine what be featured and what to be
withheld the public They determine which public officers
be built up credby In the eyes of the public and which to
Be discredted and information transmitted them finds its way
into print eolored otherwise posoned censored
cordingy.
When furnished with proper information through the news
columns in big daies during the periods between elections the
public will attend of being well governed But If
newspapers dereic keeping their readers improperly informed
derecon mpesses itself deeply upon the of government
ensuing upon their Good bad government
depends largely the management Of such newspapers Their
responsibility in this connection cannot be overesmated
or course all newspapers convey the impression that
they are presenting complete without bias Some Of them
only pretend and the peenders have bag Of tricks used in de-
iuding their readers.
One Of these tricks that has been for long time prevail
ing Minneapolis daily newspapers fix editorial policies that
with the approval of their financial supporters their adj
vertser while the time praccng conflicting policies for
their columns The editorial policies cannot be easily
ouaged but those policies generally harmless far shaping
public opinion concerned The public likes believe does its
own thinking and this thinking is in reference public affairs
based largely what gathered from the trusted columns
Of daily newspapers The lies in the violation Of this
If such newspaper pracicing skIdaggny will nvari
ably hidden its items 1t will be found in the strategy
Of positions furnished by coIorng given urtherng
interests Of the managers by censong that
contra to such interests
The following illustrates these practices by Minneapolis daily
newspapers:
Our three das have adopted consevaveness for their ed
to policies but the radicals have long been furnished with the
edge
The radical Floyd Olson day sreaer headlines
displaying of his in controversy with
individual That individuals reply shortened to squb be
found dgen search almost completely hidden about
twelve in the next days ISSUE
example of the of coorng and censorng tactics
monty used in daes be found in incident that occur
red during one of the past city administrations.
The mayor that had discharged his chief of police The
newspapers said the discharged him for dsoyay and that
he would state what that dsoyalty consisted Of.
The Committee of Thirty composed of officers of the Mime
apos Federation of Churches and various other community well
fare associations asked that mayor give them his for this
discharge The mayor responded by reading to them volume of
the signed statements of police officers and Others statements
sstng of most accusations against the official conduct of
formation had been ge to all of newspapers prior to
mention by them of doul Some of these statements later