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Editorial
October 22, 1854
The Weekly Comet
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
What is this article about?
The editorial counters criticism by highlighting the scarcity of newsworthy events beyond the Graham Trial and Arctic accident, criticizing filler content from city papers, and arguing that newspapers should publish less rather than pad with uninteresting material during dull times.
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As a kind of offset to this harmless thrust at us; we might say, that our city contemporaries having disposed of the accident to the Arctic, contain nothing now, except the "Graham Trial," with the details of which, our customers would growl if we were to inflate our columns with them. Save the Graham trial, we must confess, in honesty, we see nothing of sufficient interest to transfer "without credit" to our columns, unless it be puffs of city merchants. We hold that if the world grows dull, and will not turn up the usual amount of startling incidents necessary to fill the daily paper; that the daily paper had better say less than usual. A column and a half on some subject, is better than two and a half on no subject.
What sub-type of article is it?
Journalistic Practice
News Content
What keywords are associated?
Graham Trial
Arctic Accident
Newspaper Columns
Filler Content
Journalistic Brevity
What entities or persons were involved?
Graham Trial
Arctic
City Contemporaries
City Merchants
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Handling Lack Of Interesting News In Daily Papers
Stance / Tone
Advocating Brevity Over Filler Content
Key Figures
Graham Trial
Arctic
City Contemporaries
City Merchants
Key Arguments
City Papers Contain Little Beyond Graham Trial Details And Merchant Puffs.
Customers Would Dislike Expanded Coverage Of Graham Trial.
Nothing Sufficiently Interesting To Reprint Without Credit Except Possibly Merchant Puffs.
When World Lacks Startling Incidents, Daily Papers Should Say Less Than Usual.
A Column And A Half On Some Subject Is Better Than Two And A Half On No Subject.