Word: news
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although at 18 he was a $10,000-a-year veteran, Pitcher Feller this spring was still enough of a novelty to distract baseball addicts' attention from the recruit players who usually make most training-camp news. Most remarkable rookies of the year appeared to be Giant Pitcher Carl Hubbell's young Brother John, who showed promise while the Giants were mysteriously losing a string of early games to semi-pro teams in Cuba; Yankee Outfielder Joe Di Maggio's older Brother Vince who tried out at third base with the Boston Bees; and a 19-year...
...does not," ruled the Court. "We think the contention not only has no relevance to the circumstances of the instant case but is an unsound generalization. . . . The Act... does not require that the petitioner retain in its employ an incompetent editor or one who fails faithfully to edit the news to reflect the facts without bias or prejudice. The Act permits a discharge for any reason other than union activity or agitation for collective bargaining. . . . The restoration of Watson to his former position in no sense guarantees his continuance in petitioner's employ...
...Congress-or still less the judgment of an administrative censor-can-not, under the Constitution, be substituted for that of the press management in respect of the employment or discharge of employes engaged in editorial work. For many years there has been contention between Labor and Capital. . . . The daily news with respect to labor disputes is now of vast proportion. . . . Strong sympathy for or strong prejudice against a given cause . . . has too often led to suppression or coloration of unwelcome facts. It would seem . . . reasonable prudence for an association engaged in part in supplying the public with fair and accurate...
...This conclusion," continued the Court, "is unaffected by the fact that the petitioner does not sell news and does not operate for profit, or that technically the title to the news remains in the petitioner during interstate transmission...
...successful Hearst city editor, inventing a newspaper game in which players use pictures of people, would surely include a flattering photo of Miss Marion Davies. In the instructions would be warnings on the law of libel. And in the game, news items would stress crime, sensationalism...