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"How is it possible that the papers can treat you so?" said Watts. "The
editors know you?"
"Oh, yes. I have met nearly every man connected with the New York
press."
"They must know better?"
"Yes. But for partisan purposes they must say what they do."
"Then they are deliberately lying to deceive the people?" asked Miss
Biddle.
"It's rather a puzzling matter in ethics," said Peter. "I don't think
that the newspaper fraternity have any lower standard of morals, than
men in other professions. In the main they stand for everything that is
admirable, so long as it's non-partisan, and some of the men who to-day
are now writing me down, have aided me in the past more than I can say,
and are at this moment my personal friends."
"How dishonest!"
"I cannot quite call it that. When the greatest and most honorable
statesmen of Europe and America will lie and cheat each other to their
utmost extent, under cover of the term 'diplomacy,' and get rewarded and
praised by their respective countries for their knavery, provided it is
successful, I think 'dishonest' is a strong word for a merely partisan
press.
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