Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 91, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 15, 1953 Page: 30 of 43
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FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE
Lecture on a lecture
IN THIS ISSUE
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FAMILY WEEKLY PATTERN
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—Southwest-Timet Record, Fort Smith, Ark.
Life-lift
Editorial of the Week
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ea rescue took a big step forward whan the Navy
took the wraps of this new, airdropped shelter raft.
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no story: Bad advertising for the town.
You might have something, with a publica-
tion adhering to such a theory, but it sure-
as-Jef-Davis wouldn’t be a newspaper.
It's the mission of a newspaper, and the
meat of the implied contract of any news-
paper with the persons who buy it, to tell the
folks what goes on Good, bad, fair, foul, news
-is news and whatever it is, somebody wants
to know about it and has bought a newspaper
in the firm conviction he will find out about
it there.
The news columns of no newspaper really
belong to that newspaper; they belong to the
public. Newspapers which have forgotten that
have ceased to exist.
Through its editorial page, a newspaper has
its voice. There, plainly identified as “edi-
torial,” it may speak.
But the news columns must be like a mir-
ror on the wall: A true report of what there
is to report.
An able reporter of nearly 100 years ago,
one Lawrence A. Gobright of the Associated
Press, once said succinctly:
"My business is to communicate facts.”
The communication of facts is the prime
business of a newspaper.
And here endeth the sequel to the lecture.
It may not be out of order to mention that a
capable, competent and long-experienced
newsman was on the receiving end of a lec-
ture on journalism a day or so ago.
It goes without saying that the lecturer
indicated a complete lack of information con-
cerning his subject.
The theme of the lecture appeared to be
this: Newspapers should be “constructive.”
Expanding, the lecturer defined his meaning
as that of printing only the "constructive”
and ignoring any and all facts which might
tend to reflect the contrary.
Detouring the verity that “constructive”
might have different meanings to different
persons in connection with the same situa-
tion or event, it appears that a full applica-
tion of the publishing theories of the informal
lecturer would mean:
In time of drouth, no weather report unless
the forecast was for rain.
In time of plague, no mention of spreading
disease which would portray the true situa-
tion and possibly forestall public panic.
When a bold hijacking occurs, no story:
What would tourists think?
With neighborhoods terrorized by prowlers,
SOUTHWARD HOI '
by Andrew Phillipt
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Wiliam H. Marriott, Publisher
John B. Starr, Editorial Director
Walter D. Osborne, Managing Editor
Malcolm J. Fleming, Art Director
Associates Robert M. Cipet (rereareh), Kim Had
man (docoretica), Minna Elkind (women), Gail
Graves (food), Robert Meyer Jr. (tvavel).
John M. Gilmer, Advertising Manager
George Duram, Eattorn Advertising Manager
"THIS being that portion of time alluded
STROKE OF TWELVE
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COVER: With all the destructive forces
facing mankind today, it is heartening
when science comet up with an inven-
tion designed to eave lives rather than
destroy them. One of the greatest
tragedies of our day is loss of life at
tea, when survivors escape a sinking
ship only to be lett for went of quick
rescue. The new 8. F. Goodrich inven-
tion dramatically illustrated on our
cover it a long-awaited answer to tea
disaster. For an explanation of how H
works, toe "life-lift" above.
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survivors the raft. It inflates itsolf automatically. by smel! planet Above, it It shown half inflated.
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Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 91, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 15, 1953, newspaper, November 15, 1953; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424638/m1/30/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.