Show PERIL OF YELLOW JOURNALISM 4 i i Great Educator t r Points Out Some of Pernicious Influences of t V Too Vivid Newspapers 1 If It th this country countr ever avor falls taH It Jt will 1 be duo due to tho the Insidious work of modem modern mod mOll ern em yellow elow newspaper Is the tho prophecy pro lire I of oC Professor William R. R R Brewer Drewer of oC Yale Talc who was wa recently In Salt Fait Lake on a visit He said Mid I For years I r have havo watched the growth of or rampant sensationalism sen In Journalism lh The rho newspaper Is suppo supposed supposed sup sup- po posed ed to be and should hould Ic be ho tho the guide gUlle and educator of or the reading rading public As such only the tho truth as cia far as known should enter tho the columns column of or any pa- pa per por 1 1 Instead of 0 this wo we find tho the mo most t L falsehoods spread h the tho news sheets sheets Sensationalism m I Is 1st tb tha tb keynote and scandal with the th mo mot t re revolting re- re details I is Hung flung broadcast t throughout tho land to poison polson th the minds of or the growing generation Horace Horce Greely and other othet great rent ed editors editors eel eel- tOl of at his time whom I knew w per pet personally had high Ideals Th They hp y would not hot stoop to the petty pet catchpenny l vices of ot today Thc They resort resorted r to no Innuendo o arid Insinuation to at attempt the ruin 1 of arival political or other othor- wise Their method was to take take- thu the exact truth as far as a they knew It I and with this as a 3 weapon deal de 1 staggering staggering stag stag- gering blows blow's on their adversaries in fair and open f fight hL Cu Cur Cure e c of ci Sensationalism Men now noW anti and I refer reter to on one class da- of papers In particular will use r wi any method In their lust for Cor wealth nun political power Backed by the vast vat vatro ro resources of at one of tho the huge modern molIn dallies dalEs not only legitimate but illegitimate illegitimate means are resorted to and so o ant great has the power of ot these 11 mighty My Journals he become ome that thai they can cn sit back hack and Inu laugh h at the law Tho basest best methods ate are resorted to toto toto toto to raise race hatred class conflicts and religious strife The policy of certain papers Is ah absolutely anarchic anarchic- tc tic LIc This I say ry is not done lone through h honest conviction but hut solely to further r selfish ends ends No one can believe beleve otherwise other other- wl wise vIm o than that such fomentation of oC trouble must be prejudicial ul to any country and people I Another grave grae fault of or modern I journalism Js Is the sacrificing of or the truth in the news columns to tho the morbid morbid mor mor- bid desire to gain sensational feature It I Is Js claimed that good U l Is plenty of or sensationalism and dirt are demanded by the public If IC I this thisbe thisbe be true which I very vcr doubt has I not this morbid Idea been raked raised and fostered by these vi Vry ry faler papers themselves themselves them them- selves elv who now pander to the de depraved depraved de- de prayed appetite which the they have themselves es created Class 8 Hatred Haired Growing GrowinG Class Clao hatred Is growing in mighty bounds and arid without due ue and just cause Not only by editorial and cartoon cartoon cartoon car car- toon Is this brought d about out but even even by th the Introduction into news s 1 matter articles without one scintilla of or foundation foun foun- dation daton which are aro simply Intended to arouse the tho tt baser cr pa passions and to sive foundation fou laUon for Cor future editorial at at- at tacks t No o mans man's character Is safe There arc are papers paper which will wi c deliberate deliberately blacken black n a 3 rivals rival's reputation lon with the expectation that action acton will wil be taken against them They rhey y rh an are t to pay the tho monetary penalty IC 1 can can- th the tho technicalities escape not by legal penalty of or their libelous falsehoods i the tho future ot of o great rea aRies may be Imperiled by the work ork of or this sort of papers I believe bellove t bele that the larger er part of ut the tie trouble now no existing ex CX- x itin I-itin In San J li dU Iu Co 0 rC rh hO stirring UnK up Uj oC of trouble l by y newspapers Tine The future of or any theatrical pro pro- 10 C ducton can n c-n be made made or ruined b by th the action of the paper pape and J I know from t m my own observation that blackmail Is r absolutely extorted at times 1 1 Another feature which Is 11 about as i I. I f J ridiculous as a It IL I I Is petty petr hoc hns cr crept pt into th the tho papers This 1 Is the tendency to gossip Washington Is I th tIne the greatest place placE In III 11 this country countr for tor go gossip lp I have at home in a. a u book tho the clippings from tram six different Washington Washing Washing- a ton papers mallet N of ot a certain datA lat several j years ears ago ngo These clippings purport to describe the starting out of or the Prel- Prel lent dent on a trip There was WR not ono one Iota fi of oC truth In an any one of oC tho accounts account I except the bare fact tact that the Pre President started o awn away awnI a I J I know now because I was with him Often Oren ry Too Much Iuchi Publicity u uA A very vel grave danger confronts us In too much publicity Understand mo me moIn In this At t the time of or the time Spanish war our navy would have hwe been bean annihilated hated If wo we had bee been I compelled t to n light ht even cn a third late nay nav navy This i would have hac been due to tho the Information information tion ton of every en e one of ot our naval moves move 0 far in advance b by the various arlous Journals Journals Tho The Japanese owe part of or their great success in their Into lato war with wih Russia Russin to tho the absolutely secret manner In which the they acted No correspondents were allowed where they did not want them and as a result the Japanese were able to strike before the enemy had been forewarned After the Doer Boer war tho the British government and even oyen the leading papers pa- pa t lien pers themselves took tool up the subject of o the tho suppression fol of or news n during war tm time until such time as tho the government government gov gov- should see e fit ft to give Ive It I out out I IThe The papers even CVen appreciated that battIe battie bat bat- 1 tie te after battle bate W wa was a lo lost t by the English simply because bernse the Boers Doer had received ed all al the th n news ws of the movements ot or r the British troops in advance through tho the medium of the English pera pera Of what use then Is a navy T. if it by means mean of or too much publicity we wc lay Iny It open 01 to certain destruction Wants Old OM Methods HackI Hack nack I do no not mean to Imply by br what I have hac said Id that I believe beleve all al papers to tobe tobe tobe be vicious Far from it Jt I b believe le e th the majority to be run by b honest honet men who attempt to run their Journals in Iii inthe the be best t t and mo most t honest ma manner n r that f they arc are capable of or doln doing In what I 1 have said sid I 1 have attempted to point out ont the evils evis that I think should be ba apparent to nil all ni thinking people I hope that tho the day ulay will wi come I do not expect to see Ree It in 1 my may time when hen yellow Journalism will wIl be wiped out ut and there will wi be a t. t return to tho the idea dea 10 that tho the newspaper should bo be boun berun t trun run un to furnish tho the n newt wc and that the editorial department should be conducted conducted con con- ducted not nOl for tor selfish lelih gain but to I honest honestly guide public s sentiment I |