[President Heber J. Grant Diary] Judge Nephi Jensen called and complained bitterly because the Deseret News quite frequently fails to publish things that happen in his court where influential people are involved, and a poor Negro or a person of no importance whatever receives lots of publicity. He said there is a feeling that is growing that the moneyed interests control the Church organ. He referred to an article in a recent issue of the Denver Post attacking the Utah Light & Power Co. and felt that it should have been reproduced in either the Tribune or the News, but on account of this company having such influential men as directors he felt it had been suppressed. I told him I had not heard a word about it. He said he thought the News was committing suicide by not coming out actively and strongly in favor of the interests of the common people as against the moneyed interests. I had a long pleasant talk with him. I told him that according to his report perhaps it would be wise for President Ivins to resign as a director of the Utah Light & Power Co. and myself as a director of the Utah Light & Traction Co.
[Source: Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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