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Page 6 ON HONOR LIST Midshipman Marion R. Alexan der Jr., the son of Mrs. Marian R. Alexander of Chapel Hill, is one of two Annapolis midshipmen from the Sixth Congressional Dis trict to achieve the Superinten den’s List of academically dis tinguished midshipmen for the recently completed grading period. Give to the Community Chest. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmimmimmmmmmm PERFECT Cfjrtetmag treat 6S= So Fine So Famous Avf / . \ \ So Sure L to Please CHRISTMAS DECORATE! WE WRAP & MAIL EUBANKS DRUG CO. make friends with delicious foods deluxe automatic Mixmaster mixer Powerful governor controlled motor Exclusive, larger bowl fit beaters Automatic bowl speed control Exclusive mixfinder dial It’s portable too! ®SUNBE»M. MIXMASTER BENNETT & BLOCKSIDGE 105 EAST FRANKLIN Reduced Price 1958 FORD Fairlane 500 8 Cylinder, Automatic Transmission, Ra dio & Hleater. Extra Clean. This week, $685.00 YATES MOTOR CO. 419 W. Franklin St. Phone 942-3121 . 5 Mppm ... . ALUMNI OFFICERS—The Alumni Association of the University School of Dentistry elected new officers this week during a business session in Cha pel Hill. The officers are, left to right, About The Wayward Press By SUSIE LEWIS The American people do not learn the true image of the world from newspapers, Washington Post foreign news editor Philip Foisie told an audience of stu dents and professors here Mon day night. Mr. Foisie’s speech. “Unexplor ed Frontiers of Journalism,” was sponsored by the International Affairs Committee of the YM YWCA. “Something happens to the news from the time it leaves the foreign country until it is printed here which gives a distorted view." Many areas of the world are made inaccessible to reporters by geography, politics and cul ture, he said. “Another gap in foreign news is the over-reliance on the Eng lish language. We are a mono lingual people. Many sources do not speak English, so the report er must find a translator to de pend on, but this always inhibits conversation. “Our passion for the immedi ate is another reason for the im balance in the news. This is call ed ‘crisis reporting.’ Reporters do not get to the scene before the blood begins to flow. This is too late. "Using our conventional wis dom, we report things that we think people are interested in. Thus, we tend to overstress con troversy and personalities. “We have not examined our language. We use such phrases as ‘left wing’ and ‘right wing’ to try to be brief, concise and clear, but this really only dis torts. “Everyone wants to be first, so false datelines appear. Much of the material from overseas is rewritten in New York. In the process of rewriting, the writer often gets the facts wrong and paraphrases quotes inaccurately, thus completely losing the true meaning of the story. “As far as stringers are con cerned, some terrible situations have been discovered.” Mr. Foisie cited three examples. —One man worked under sev eral different names for leading newspapers and periodicals all over the world, thus causing unanimity of opinion. —Some stringers have been found to be employees of a for eign government. —Sometimes the person doesn’t exist at all, but is simply a name which is passed from per son to person, regardless of whether these persons are actual ly competent reporters. "If I'm being harsh about these things happening on other papers, then I’m being harsh about my paper, too, because we re all in this together. “There are many newspapers vice president, Dr. W. A. Current of Gastonia; president-elect (and next year’s president), Dr. Walter Linville of Wilson; and secretary-treasurer, Dr. Bennie D. Barker of Chapel Hill. in this country which are very bad, but the best ones are the best in the world.” Mr. Foisie listed some improve ments which the Post hopes to make in the future. “We want to conserve space. We want to provide the reader with all the news we can if he wants to read it, but we must tell it more simply. I believe many stories, foreign and local, could be told in one sentence. “But when the time comes to tell a story in depth, we want to teß it even if its takes eight columns. “There is plenty of foreign news that’s never touched that we want to get. There are al ways men in Washington who have been abroad, as well as experts on college campuses and certain members of the AFL-CIO who are always willing to talk to reporters, and we want to tap all of these sources.” In an attempt to improve their papers, serious journalists are asking themselves two questions: —To what level of readership would coverage be directed? —What is the true and proper role of newspapers in the nation al society? "When I was younger, I thought mine would be a simple job. It seemed to be a matter of holding up the mirror of life and putting the reflections into print, deliv ering it to the doorsteps and not letting publishers and advertisers tamper with the truth—thus edu cating the American people for their role in the democratic so ciety. “But now I’m not sure we can afford to think of ourselves as educators. The Post has a cir culation of about 500,000, but the readership of foreign news is only three or four per cent of the cir culation. It is frightful to think of this being true in Washington, where large numbers work with foreign affairs. “There are dass distinctions in readership and all levels must be served at the appropriate time. I would like to get the foreign news readership to 10 or even 15 per cent. We could if we used more pictures, wrote more simply, or, like Tune mag azine, told the reader what to think. “We can generalize and popu larize the news without distort- Occasionally we try to pro vide something of an elemental nature, but generally we write for the upper level thinking of a mythical freshman senator who is young, serious and will soon be influential.” Turning to the Post's role in the national society, Mr. Foisie questioned the ability of any paper to stir up the great mass of the reading public. “I do not believe it is within the power of newspapers to gen erate widespread local discussion for reform,” Mr. Foisie said, referring to the reform that he believes is needed in the Con gress. “Hie times have dramatically changed the relation of the exe cutive and legislative branches. The President now has a power far greater than the founding fathers envisioned, and Congress is envious of this power. It is my personal opinion that the leg islative branch has not matured with the years as the executive and judicial branches have. “Hie Secretary of State and trTangle BRICK Tk Dutbotflue B/iLcje, I Chapel Kill’s (My Home-Owned Brick Company DIAL OPERATOR—ASK FOR DURHAM WXSOOO Chapel Hill Representative Ken Riggsbee Old Fayetteville Road Phone 942-2842 THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY the President spend most of their time working with foreign policy —not with Cuba, or Laos, but dealing with Congress. “Congressmen realize that there is a need for reform, but they believe it will not comd until the electorate decides the changes must be made.” Mr. Foisie believes the Post or any other newspaper would be ineffectual in persuading the electorate to vote for these changes. 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