Pot vs. Kettle

Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor, wrote of Frank A. Munsey, publisher of The New York Herald:

" As the gentle reader seeks pure water, the eagle pure air, the miser pure gold, so Frank A. Munsey seeks purity in the news; and yet-- on the front page of his admirable newspaper your eye meets these soul-searing statements:

TWO DIE IN BATTLE IN $15,000 HOLDUP AT DOOR OF STORE.

DYING DUELIST DROPS FOE; BYSTANDERS SAFE; BOOTLEG ROW.

TWO MEN DEAD, WOMAN SHOT IN JEALOUS ROW.

YOUTH ARRESTED, ADMITS SEEING KILLING OF EMMA DICKSON."

Next day the front page of Mr. Brisbane's New York American headlined as follows:

AUTO KEY TO RICH CHEMIST'S SHOOTING.

JEALOUSY OVER PRETTY WIDOW HINTED MOTIVE OF THE ATTACK.

COMEDIENNE BEATEN IN CHICAGO LOOP.

FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN DOORWAY, ETHEL DAVIS SAYS SHE WAS ROBBED OF GEMS.