Can newspapers their editorial policy on lynching and their news stories on lynching? (Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association Bulletin no. 645)

Chattanooga, TN: Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association, 1936. Pamphlet. 4p., 5.5x8.5 inch bulletin, holes punched at left (no text loss), minor corner crease. Ames, executive director of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, argues that despite taking editorial stances against lynching, newspapers often report alleged sexual assaults in ways that provoke racially tinged emotional responses, or otherwise provide alibis for lynchers. (Inventory #: 276436)