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Show YOUR NEWSPAPER SERVES FREEDOM SY SERVING YOU "Your Newspaper Serves Freedom By Serving You" i JnlMf sSf S .1.ea90!? that Araeiican newspapers have been mSS0 way of life" 8ince the birth Consider the three things most essential to our democra- .sag,s, characteristics fl5a PreVth7wTo& Sn inS" t0 people?881 education' de8ined t0 rive man informed 3. Private enterprise and the sanctity of the individual. Representing the People uur national, congress and the state and local lerislativn bodies comprise America's official rSStaSSSISiSS ment, but just as representative of the people it serves il the Sthhik flri1nSCrbes what Peo.ple of the community do - ? column3 of the hometown newspaper. The newspaper has gone without recognition for itaserv. press as tne fourth Estate," symbolizimr the nower of th "TtWr6 lt voicea the MtitSX of : iff mder. Although the newspaper does not run for officer . r iodic elections, it is nonetheless 'elected'' ' L SerSJZS We position that it holds. The life Wood of ilSJta its subscribers. These are the "voters"; losinJ hem! a nlv paper withers away, and another mm tSSeSSSSd xzzssi subscribers' ,in ?r are sometimes reprimanded because they do or TJTXftl&fcks' &nd heir 8tock answer hL beeS HoweS ? SM? hrge majority of our reade demand." However trite, their answer is sound. The individual who SleaaLbrteHad d,n0t feel that thj i purchJse entitles him to the privilege of telling the bakery how to n0rh?si on the oS SnHoS JS!?LSr?fler hls advlce n the editomI P011 of Yes, the newspaper is a true representative of the DeoDle !nf 8tehTS- T1?e Worda lthat make the newspaper are the wufi of the people - not of the editor nor of iTs rewrters The newspaper that fails to present a true picture of its oole and their opinions is soon "voted out of off ice " P Educating the People Derate ThmatrSr0f the newsPaP fa to inform the peop e. ine strength of our democracy, the ability of all the Without schools, tne masses would be unable to read or to comprehend what appears in the press. But without news-papers, news-papers, the education of our people would end with f?md scnoohng, and the fundamentals of the arts and scieS tS-hIm 8ch0lra M 'ow rusty from S Ihe book learning" gained in the schoolroom is constant ly put to use, made practical by its application to current events, through the columns of tne nSMotiS press is tne principal educationaHi PvtLian mdlvldua1'8 hfe-during the enUre rtSKS Virtually every person will strongly deny that his ODimona are iniiuenced; by the newspaper he ds NevennS he will admit that the facts he accumulated k rSS opinions are gathered largely from newspapSs'lle fcon- uLT?n ft the rle of the P83 m?niornng andJ: upating the public on current events. Here is proof that th newspaper thrives onruth. P at the Protecting Private Enterprise ugove,1innient tnat is representative of and respondent respond-ent to the will of the people and with umversTeduSn thSfh?i.IUr Peple the pledge to govern themstim through these representatives, America has grown stxoM lllTfS Pr!Tate enterprise ftnd the nctitfnhe inT tn tha0ST5es!,ph,rasesLare 8ynonyms lor freedom - freedom to the individual to choose his own career and to f oUow nS fePSf.nhappin,e33; wlthout fear of governmental inter-f inter-f erence as long as he does not overstep the license of private sites mn the same The newspaper itself is a private enterprise and has con- iftW.??" ffv,theuright3 of the individual-Wg Jr httle. Many times.it has been the spokesman for those who have been "downtrodden" by self ish indSSduaS uekbjto misuse the right of private enterprise. On the other hand the American press has never compromised its orkSSS or foreign "isms" that have endeavoTuuSMSS ineJhf?rUt8 have &!swd that lhe Pret should bo an agency of the government, not a private enterprise that must C ;, Kfl to exist. However, the American pS have insisted that its press remain unconditionally free to report current events accurately and without bi as .and gov? ernment ownership of newspapers carries with it the ominous possibility of government censorship. History proves that control of the press is one of the first objectives of a dictator. We are protecting our representa-live representa-live form of government and our precept of universal edu-cation edu-cation when we protect the right oi : the press to pubU sh the Public opinion "? Pn fr a free P "J 'Serving Freedom by Serving You' Understanding the role of the newspaper in our societv we realize that it is no hollow boast for the press to claim it is "serving freedom by serving you." We see that the power of the press is actually the power of the people - the people speaking through the medium of the press. We see that the press is vital to our system of universal education because newspapers are the principal source of information for our adult population. We see that the newspaper must remain a private enterprise to protect the rights of the individual. It Is for a good reason that American newspapers have been closely identified with "our democratic way of life." In truth, no other American institution has come closer to being the embodiment of democracy. |
