Word: self-interest
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Formerly, the journalistic supermen were the editors. Men like Horace Greely or, in our own day, George Harvey, attained national and international repute. Their opinions were usually honest and unbiased by self-interest. Newspaper rivalry forced each paper to attempt to reach as many classes as possible. Under the monopoly conditions of the present, however, great owners like Hearst or Northcliffe shape the opinions of several papers. Each of this string concentrates on a one-class appeal. The owners have often earned a fortune in some other field and have taken up journalism as a hobby or to advance their...
...Jentsch. It was on the understanding that Great Britain and the United States would protect her from Germany, that France consented to less stringent terms than she would otherwise have demanded. America, by refusing to ratify the League of Nations, and England, by exerting her policy of self-interest and balance of power, have both played her false, and when she cannot trust her allies, we cannot expect her to trust her enemy. With the very existence of the nation at stake, France must act firmly...
...Human nature will continue to be influenced by self-interest", said Admiral Benson in conclusion. "America--especially young America--must take a serious view of the international situation and must be ready for any eventuality. I cannot urge you too strongly to exert your influence in national problems and to study the affairs of state...
...Nations are not moved solely by self-interest", he declared, "but also by motives of racial antagonism. That is the great danger. It means contempt and suspicion among all countries and the estrangement of nations between whom there should be the fullest degree of confidence. Men must acquire a spirit of international brotherhood and good fellowship, without which radical change of sentiment no agreement or peace can ever take place...
...seems evident that the majority of the voters in this country will take the cost of living to be the paramount issue of the November elections. The average man is a selfish beast, and holds his material comfort at home above the welfare of his more distant neighbors. Self-interest is a natural instinct, and by more than one token is it apparent that the hopes of business prosperity, more nearly equable tariff adjustments, trade stimulation and national economy which the election of a Republican ticket seems to insure, will prevail over the continuation of a Democratic administration with...