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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.

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