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Joseph Pulitzer, the prize's namesake, was simultaneously a media mogul and U.S. congressman. His name is often associated with the dawn of "yellow journalism"
by pphysch 4y ago
Joseph Pulitzer, the prize's namesake, was simultaneously a media mogul and U.S. congressman. His name is often associated with the dawn of "yellow journalism" and USA imperial war propaganda.
Point being, unethical incentives and corruption are at the foundation of the American journalism tradition. It did not start with Twitter or the internet.
- MarkPNeyer 4y agoBasically all of history was powerful people lying to everyone and mass media helping them do it. For some reason people think the world is different today.
- sangnoir 4y agoAbsolutely: Hearst's "You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war" predates social media by quite a bit