Show ii newspaperman stuffs stay add thing I 1 never knew till nw now in 1812 a newspaperman named nathanial Nathan lal was wall taken into custody for refusing to 10 divulge the source 0 of f his information a bout about the secret activities of some politicos he was thre threatened a bened and cajoled but stood firm thus was established the principle of the reporters reporter duty to protect his bis news source the first american newspaper was discontinued by authorities because it published some soma gossip fp about the family troubles of the king of france heywood broun w was a s a a skilled exponent pon ent of the rapier retort he directed some of 0 his most dev devastating astatine arguments against huey long he once accused huey of mur murdering lr the truth long promptly shrieked tor for a retraction broun replied huey says that he never murdered the truth because he never gets near enough to do it 1 any bodily harm along similar lines theres classic about the small town 93 gazette which conducted a vigorous rous campaign against the town council connell one of 0 their yarns was headlined halt half the town council are crooks the outraged p politicos demanded an apology and the editor promised to run rua one next day the dally daily carried this his headline ila naif if the to town WU cc council un oil are ara not noll crooks about a century ago the press was to in its mother hubbard stage bamby was rampant no editors took a lorgnette view of the newt news this sidelight illustrates their ultra fuddy duddy attitude one gazette front paged an apology to its subscribers because a reporter had used the word 11 trousers in a yam when he should have used the word unmentionables I 1 tiffs miffs among newsboys newsboy 9 nowadays belong in the taffy pull category when compared with the journalistic journalist le slug tests during the james gordon bennett era bennett was physically assaulted a half dozen times by opposition editors who had been clawed by his barbed wire editorials but bennett refused to dilute his potent attacks against competitors peti tors he merely reported the tha brawls on his gazettes front page and reaped added circulation the antl anti bennett journalistic barrage also blasted his family the slanderers slander ers finally drove his wife and children out of the country they moved to europe and made infrequent visits to america while bennett continued his free swinging style of journalism joseph pulitzers N T Y world set journalistic standards few newspapers have equalled equal led yet pulitzer arrived in america a poor friend friendless les s semi illiterate immigrant hespect He spent all his spare time educating hl himself m his enlightened opinions ns on the subject of new newspapers newspaper rs are bays worth absorbing prix ample ale what Is business la Is nob odys business except the journalists it Is his by adoption but tor for his care every reform would be st stillborn lUbom he holds officials to their duties he exposes secret schemes ot of plunder he promotes every hopeful plan of progress without him public opinion would be shapeless and dumb our republic and its press will rise or fall together an able disinterested public spirited press with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is 1 a sham and mock try hollywood has depicted foreign correspondents as overgrown rover boys it has created the impression that these newsboys have a glamorous occupation actually they have a difficult perilous task with lew few rewards 0 D gallagher a british correspondent dod dodged g ed bombs and bullets and traveled miles in three years for his news stories which readers forget five minutes after reading this Is the tha wisest counsel tor for we have come across get around town find out what people are talking about give your readers a little daily jolt on s some 0 e thing they are gabbing abo about u t at home perhaps and can gab about some mo more re controversial atu btu stuff ff so they can argue the big idea Is this make hall half of them happy and half of them sore reporters arent as as the he legends would have you believe when president wilson IV lIson made his gru gruenling gruelling elling cross country tour in an effort to gain the support ot of americans for his world peace plans he was broken la in body but not in spirit reporters who accompanied compa compan nied led him were aware that he was sacrificing ids his lue life for his ideals As wilson made his final stirring plea tor for world peace newsmen listening to his eloquent address openly wept |