zing, it is nevertheless necessary before passing the subject
to comment on the necessity of a reporter's observing a paper's
editorial policies,--to say, in other words, that all news is not
unbiased. For instance, if a newspaper is undertaking a crusade against
midwives or pawnshops or certain political leaders, it gives those
institutions or those persons little or no credit for the good they
accomplish, nor does it feature impartially in its news articles their
good and bad acts. Yet such institutions or persons must have
accomplished much good to arrive at the rank or position they now hold,
and must continue to be of service to retain their standing. The
following story, which appeared in a paper crusading against pawnshops
and pistol carrying, is an illustration of what is meant by biased news:

| =JILTED, ENDS LIFE WITH A GUN= |
| |
|Israel Weilman was in love. Three months ago the |
|girl told him she would not marry him. Last night |
|Weilman left his quarters at 875 Banker Street and |
|went to the home of Rebecca Schussman, 904 South |
|Pueblo Avenue, where his room-mate and cousin, David|
|Isaacs, was calling. |
| |
|"Here are the keys to the room," he told his cousin,|
|"I will not be home to-night." |
| |
|Then Weilman departed. A few minutes later a shot |
|was heard in the alley back of the Schussman home. |
|They found Weilman dead with a bullet wound through |
|his heart. Beside him was a new "American bulldog" |
|revolver, retailing for $1.50. In his pocket was a |
|ticket of sale from the Angsgewitz pawnshop. The |
|profit on this style of weapon is about 25 cents. |

Illustrations of prejudiced political news may be found daily in any
newspaper.

=128. Observing a Paper's Policies.=--It is necessary, therefore, to
modify the preceding statements about unbiased news. Those assertions
express the millennial dream, colorless news, that American journalism
is always approaching as an ideal, but has not yet reached. From the
same Associated Press dispatch a Georgia and a Pennsylvania daily can
produce stories respectively of success and dissension in the Democratic
party. From the sam