Our Republic And Its Press

They Call Me The Father Of Illustrated Journalism. What Folly! I Never Thought Any Such Thing. I Had A Small Newspaper, Which Had Been Dead For Years, And I Was Trying In Every Way To Build Up Its Circulation. What Could I Use For Bait? A Picture, Of Course.

A Cynical, Mercenary, Demagogic Press Will Produce In Time A People As Base As Itself.

The Power To Mould The Future Of The Republic Will Be In The Hands Of The Journalists Of Future Generations.

What A Newspaper Needs In Its News, In Its Headlines, And On Its Editorial Page Is Terseness, Humor, Descriptive Power, Satire, Originality, Good Literary Style, Clever Condensation And Accuracy, Accuracy, Accuracy.

Newspapers Should Have No Friends.