Show A BILL TO PROTECT newspapers would make it a misdemeanor to 0 o furnish false or misleading statements for publication here is 13 a bill introduced by holmin holman of bingham and designated as house bill 39 which is worthy orthy of consideration any person who wilfully il fully states conveys delivers or transmits by any means whatsoever to the manager editor publisher or reporter of any newspaper magazine periodical or serial aerial for publication therein any false erroneous or libelous belous ll statement concerning any person persons companies or corporations and thereby secures actual publication of the same is hereby declared guilty ofa misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less than and not exceeding or be confined in the county jail all for a time not less than sixty days and not more than six months or both the object is 13 to protect newspapermen from the hoaxes that smart ismart alecks and malicious persons sometimes perpetrate on innocent news gatherers it is the same law that is in operation n montana where it has been found to work splendidly there are some people who think it the finest thing on earth to fool a reporter V and when the information is in p print rint there is nothing left for the newspaper but a retraction and an apology holmans bill should pass |