Editors: Too Much & Not Enough

Criticism is the order of the day at the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. From inside journalism, it usually involves shortcomings of public figures and organizations that are telling newsmen the wrong things—or not telling them enough. From outside, it is the newspapers that are not saying enough, or are saying it wrong. Last week's meeting produced both complaints.

According to CORE's national director, Floyd B. McKissick, "Today there are only two kinds of statements a black man can make and expect that the white press will report. First is an attack on another black...