Inciting to Crime

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 7, 1910

Inciting to Crime

THERE is no question but that the record of murders, robberies, suicides, and other heinous crimes as recorded in the daily newspapers which are so eagerly read by the thousands, incites to the commission of such deeds. Like begets like. Every man is influenced in a measure by that which he reads. For that reason, there is thrown upon the press a great responsibility in the education of the public mind and in the promotion of good morals and good citizenship. But how few of the public prints appreciate this responsibility! By far the large majority pander to depraved tastes for mercenary ends. The position of a public teacher, whether in the pulpit or through the press, is a responsibility which can not be lightly regarded, and for which solemn account must some day be rendered.