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Show ETHICS OF JOURNALISM. Adds by Chnrlr 21. rlklnnsr at the v'liurcti of Our Father. Charles M. Skinner, well known as n Joutzntlst and author, cpoko at a layman's lay-man's meeting iu the Church of Our rather, on "The Ethics of .lournnllsm." Among other things, he said: "This Is the day of the man In the street tho common man. And the press Is the voice of the common man, speaking a little more clearly, and n little more highly than the man speaks In his person, but representing his alms nnd his Interests. It gives more space to the dog tight than n symphony sym-phony concert. In the assumption thnt more people rend about the dog fight than iibnut the concert. It announces a scientific discovery In ten lines, and gives a page to descriptions nnd pictures pic-tures of two Illiterate sluggers mauling maul-ing one another In the ring, because the prize light Interests the common man more vehemently than does the discovery. It Is objected that It Invades In-vades homes nnd exposes matters of private concern; but It hns a better right to e.xnose a man as a rascal than he has to be one, "The faults of the press nre known lo Itself, and there Is a steady better-me'it better-me'it that keeps pace with that of Its public. Even the ye'lnw editor, who dnnnnnces crime with his left hnnd. n'l the editorial page, while he ndver-tlsps ndver-tlsps and entourages It by glowing accounts ac-counts on the news p;v;rs with bis busy right Innd. Is Improving, slightly. slight-ly. But with nil Its nd.ulttod short comings. Ihp pies is right; It stands for health, safety, honor, progress, llbprty. It does so bpeaiisp the man In the strept stands for esncllv that. The iitwspi')?r that dared to stand for anything e!" but It con'd tint and wni'ld not. It vto"ld bp the quickest mode of suicide. Thp newsnanr represents rep-resents nil Interests, not equally, but In supIi stin"ospd me-isure ns It clientele cli-entele d'namls. nnd at base It must lip true In all things, its exploiting of crime Is harmful. Its society rub-dub Is wenkpnl"'-: It gives too much attention atten-tion to po'ltlcs; It hn.s the common American Idea that government Is thp be-all nnd end-all of social existence, Instead of the meintt to nn end; It stands, too. In peril from coirmerclnl-Ism coirmerclnl-Ism that would check freedom of expression ex-pression for gain; but withal It Is the strong, true nnd hopeful expression of the republic. "We need men who will fight municipal munic-ipal corruption. The press will nlways support such men. But It must not be suponsed thnt it Is any part of the duty of thp nress to turn nsldp from lti npws gettlns and Its comment, to nctually set In motion the machinery machin-ery of the law ngnlnst corruption. If men nre content to lie robbed, they deserve nil they get. It Is a healthful sign that, although in the last election elec-tion the peonlo voted for tlm wrong ticket, they did so against the almost united anneal of the whole press of the city. Here ihe people were wrong, Lut It showed that they had the courage cour-age of their convictions; that they were taking on n mood to fight their own battles. The world Is growing better. The preps grows bettpr with It. nnd n little f-ister. In its Ideal It represents, not tho mob, 'Hit what the mob Is capable of beinc. In a thousand thou-sand years tho man In the street will have 'arrived.' nnd the nresf. Is doing Its sharo to aid In the arrival." Brooklyn Eagle. |