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Show "t t "tPRINTING " . ' { PRI PRINTING TING THE NEWSWhen NEWS NE'VS NEVS ' ; 'When When ' 'Vhen Vhen When ' to io print pnnt a disagreeable stoiy StOlY story and when to leve leveI leveone lei leveone'out leveoneout ? ve veon&out one on&out onout & ' out of the paper is one of the most troublesome problems problemsI problemsof I I of a small-town small town - editor . . In the case of a d person who in 111 un- un unfaithful un-I un I un unfaithful - unIfaithful faithful to a public tiust trust h uct ; , 01 or . one who is guilty of serious seriousI seriouseume seriousgrime seriouscume eume grime , . ifc it is not dIi difficult 1cult to decide , because the public Interest interestas , I as well as the public's publics ' ' light right to have the news , demands it be beprinted beprinted beprinted printed . Theie Thele There aie ale are some cases , however , , in which whCh ] the offense is isentllely isentnely isentnely entllely entnely of a peisonal pelsonal personal natuie natme nature , and in m which publishing publishmg the thestOlY thestory thestoiy stOlY story would wouJd bung bring sorrow son SOlI ow and embairassmejnt embau4assme.nt embau4assment embairassmerlt . to mnocent innocent mnocentI innocentI innocentpersons mnocentperi30ns innocent'persons innocentpersons I ' peri30ns persons wifhput wlthput ylthtiut seivmg serving sel vmg any beneficial pm puipose pose . In these themaking the i 1making making of a proper decision is oftep ofte1 ofteia ofteialigt not Jwt ligt easy . If the story IS ISprmted isprinted isprinted prmted printed willleel wIIIieel willfeel , lelatives relatives and friends frienl ( $ of the person pel.son pelson . concerned wIII will ieel feel scandal-mongeis scandal mongeis that thai it is unneressaly unneressary ; IfIt if it is 1s suppressed , the scandal- scandal scandal1pgngeis scandalongels - t 1pgngeis thatthe ongels will be disappointed dI5apPolnted , , and dud many will insinuate I11smuate that t editor chtor flrtor wa'bought was wa/ wa / : ) ' 'bought bought < ' bought off . . " thatI I - These iPhese same scandal-mongeis scandal mongeis scandal-mongels mongels scandal-mongers mongers - - would howl the lourlect loudest loudesthowever ; , however , , if their theu ' own shady actions wcie wele were held up to public publicgaze publicgaze publicgaze gaze * , . So it's its ' haid hald hard to please everybody , and on 011 ' editor of sense sensetries sensetries sensetries tries andhis to please eveiybody evelybody everybody . He must let his own judgment and his own conscience be his guide gmde . . theunfol'tunate theunfortunate If he errs on the side of df f kindness kmdness and sympathy for the the-unfortunate the unfortunate -unfol'tunate unfol'tunate unfoltunate -unfortunate unfortunate - - themore ' his erior en el1 . or will be .forgiven forgiven . and forgotten by the more enhghtenedreaders enlightenedreaders enlightened enhghtened readers of his newspaper . | I |