---
title: 'Irresponsible Newspaper Writers'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Charles Henry Parkhurst'
date: 1899-02-09
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Speech'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Ethics (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 4'
- 'James 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/parkhurst-1899-irresponsible-newspaper-writers
---

# Irresponsible Newspaper Writers

1899 essay arguing U.S. press freedom risks becoming license; urges accountability—requiring reporters to sign items—to curb libel, false interviews, and irresponsible journalism.

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