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...widespread but quite needless timidity with which many papers approach news involving religious controversy" was deplored by Sevellon Brown III, editor of the Providence Journal-Bulletin (combined circ. 202,819). Wrote he: "Any newspaper boss who is afraid of alienating readers or advertisers by the straightforward handling of news or the vigorous expression of editorial opinion when religious viewpoints impinge upon public affairs is seeing things under the bed . . . The bulk of newspaper readers are essentially reasonable people over the long run. They'll howl plenty when you tread on their pet opinions - especially religious opinions. But if they...
...lofty-minded Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin, and founder (1946) of Columbia University's American Press Institute; of a stroke; in Tucson, Ariz. Newsman Brown, who took over from an editor (John Revelstoke Rathom) who followed the "raise hell and sell newspapers" tradition, raised the Journal-Bulletin's moral sights instead, still sold a lot of papers (1956 combined circulation: 201,789). A journalistic puritan under whose guidance the Providence Journal Co. once kept a rival paper afloat for several months to avoid the evils of monopoly, Sevellon Brown regularly hired bright young men with graduate degrees...
...Eisenhower PROVIDENCE JOURNAL-BULLETIN...
...Amnesty. Editor Isaacs was joined last week by Editor & Publisher. Looking over the Providence Journal-Bulletin's expose of newsmen working part-time for the state and for New England race tracks (TIME, April 6 et seq.), E. & P. said: "We suggest that every editor and publisher declare a period of amnesty for their employees for 30 days, during which they be requested to voluntarily and confidentially reveal any outside employment. There would be no punishment or retaliation for past indiscretions. And if management found that such work in no way conflicted with the reporter's duties...
...McCarthy's popularity increased or decreased as a result of his televised battle with the Army? Last week the Providence Journal-Bulletin reported the results of a poll in which readers were asked to express their feelings about McCarthy before and since the hearings. The paper asked readers to clip a questionnaire, which more than 7,000 (49% men, 51% women) mailed in. Results...