The combined newspapers of New York do not cover the available
field. They do not begin to cover it.... Did you say something, Mr.
Banneker?"
"Did I? I didn't mean to," said Banneker hastily. "I'm a good deal
interested."
"I'm glad to hear that," returned Marrineal with gravity. "After I'd
made my estimate of what the newspapers publish and fail to publish,
I canvassed the circulation lists and news-stands and made another
discovery. There is a large potential reading public not yet tied up to
any newspaper. It's waiting for the right paper."
"The imputation of amateurishness is retracted, with apologies,"
announced Russell Edmonds.
"Accepted. Though there are amateur areas yet in my mind. I bought The
Patriot."
"Does that represent one of the areas?"
"It represents nothing, thus far, except what it has always represented,
a hand-to-mouth policy and a financial deficit. But what's wrong with it
from your point of view?"
"Cheap and nasty," was the veteran's succinct criticism.
"Any more so than The Sphere? The Sphere's successful."
"Because it plays fair with the main facts. It may gloss 'em up with a
touch of sensationalism, like the oil on a barkeep's hair. But it does
go after the facts, and pretty generally it presents 'em as found.
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