Progressivism and the Rise of the M... Aug 14, 2009
American newspapers, however, under the leadership of men like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, grossly exaggerated the Spanish response, in some cases writing inflammatory stories that had no basis in fact. Yet the constant barrage of newspaper accounts changed American public opinion. (Suite101.com)
Nicholas Lemann: What media moguls make. Apr 14, 2009
Paper Tigers: Books: The New Yorker. The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism (St. (New Yorker)
Thumbs up, thumbs down Apr 10, 2009
Happy birthday to John Madden, Joseph Pulitzer, Steven Seagal, Ken Griffey, Sr., and a certain executive editor. Thumbs down to the Pope saying that condoms help spread AIDS.. (The New Hampshire, NH)
14 comments Apr 8, 2009
GM: Government Motors - HUMAN EVENTS. GM: Government Motors by John McCaslin 04/07/2009. (Human Events Online)
GM: Government Motors Apr 7, 2009
" Yet given the president's massive tax-and-spend budget proposals, which the senator warns will "triple" the national debt over the next decade, Mr. Gregg now says for the "first time" in America's history one generation will be passing to the next "less opportunity than we received from our parents" that will "reduce the quality" of our children's lives. Mr. Obama "thinks governments create prosperity and not individuals," Mr. Gregg says. The respected GOP senator says he also opposes taxpayer... (Human Events Online)
Paper Tigers Apr 6, 2009
The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism (St. 95), Richard J. Tofel, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch (Broadway; 29. (New Yorker)
Favorite Quotes About Journalism an... Mar 19, 2009
Favorite Quotes About Journalism and Journalists: Quotations By Napoleon, Gandhi, Gore Vidal, Joseph Pulitzer and More ... Quotations By Napoleon, Gandhi, Gore Vidal, Joseph Pulitzer and More ... Let journalists stick to Joseph Pulitzer's recipe for good reporting, and all such poisonous remarks will be just malicious grumbling: "Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be... (Suite101.com)
Confederate first lady thought right side won Feb 22, 2009
Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, an admirer of her conversation, put her on a stipend in her 70s, and his New York World printed many of her articles. In 1901, four years before her death at 80, she wrote that the right side had won the Civil War. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Towns cherish, or miss, historic canes Feb 9, 2009
Grozier sent canes to 700 New England towns, but none in Vermont or Connecticut - perhaps so his newspaper didn't have to compete with his those run by his former boss Joseph Pulitzer in New York, said Barbara Staples, author of "The Bay State's Canes: the History of a New England Tradition.". "The first ones were thrilled to get it," she said. (Holliston Tab, MA)
