| Show YELLOW JOURNALISM Public Opinion presents a n remarkably series of or articles on yellow journal journalIsm Ism ant In It Is l set forth the fact that much of ot this Ihl kind of ot journalism con consists lets of ot falsehoods and fakes spiced to 10 satisfy public depraved taste One Ono of oC the notable observations made by b tho the author ot of those articles article refers to 10 the time results of ot saffron journalism Ho lie points out that some Home of at tho the reading endorsed the tho takers fakers nt at first elm sim simply ply lly for tor the amusement It afforded them to rend read the tho stories but these are today of ot the data class which has hns come como to take the fakes takes seriously In this limbs pernicious kind of ot journalism has hns acted upon them as the tho Intoxicating liquor which Is first taken In fn very small doses dOlles merely for tor the fun tun of ot It but which finally gets gels the mastery of ot both bolh soul and hotly body of ot tho the victim Another result Is in that the press preS In general line has come to be lI by bytho limo tho reading public A news ne Item Is le im ru longer accepted on the authority of ot a paper It has como cone to be You can cannot cannot cannot not take any stock In what hat any news newspaper newspaper paper says I Is le distrust The Tho observant reader hRS has long ago ngo found by experience that he can place no reliance upon the utterances of most mOlt of ot the newspapers because very few tew even oven of ot the conservative con representatives of or the press have been Ible ablo to with withstand stand the tho vicious Influence that time ema emanates nates from the putrid centers conters of ot yel yellow low Ism The author ot of the article quoted Is III ot of the opinion that the tho fruits will become bitter biller In the future lIe He observes that even evell foreign publications In this coun country country country try aro uro Imitating the y III ea In flashy I headlines sensational descriptions anti ant fantastic treatment of ot fact This Thill h he says nays is unwholesome training This Is Isa IsI Isn a n I democratic government where tho the cit citizen citIzen izen lien han weapon a n in the ballot which If It used u properly and Intelligently Is III Ismore ismore more mora powerful than any sword or bomb but bul under the tho doctrines of or Hearst amid his hili kind tho the danger over ever Is threatening that revolution anti not the ballot Is tho the method by which reforms will bo be sought whenever the necessity arises It U Is 18 no doubt true that falsehood persistently sent out and repeated repealed again amt again has hOB had hlll Its bad Influence ence enee but wo venture the tho opinion that the great majority of ot the American public IB is too and too tree from prejudices to be deceived by such much means particularly when the selfish purposes are aro ns as apparent as nil they lire ire In Inthe inthe the tho yellies It must bo be admitted that Ihal these furnish a n good test of ot character It takes sound vision lIlon to 10 perceive truth In tho the midst of ot BO so much rubbles but the time Average American has this advantage and finds Ond the tha truth for tor him himself himself self And this by tho the way Is good training |
