Comment 41771

By Kiely (registered) | Posted June 09, 2010 at 14:06:21

In his talk, [Kenneth] Whyte pointed out that back in Hearst's time, when he took on Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, newspapers were funded by readers - they lived and died on their circulation revenue, on the pennies and nickels of a vast and fickle readership.

Newspapers did not cloak themselves in objectivity, but rather wore their partisanship proudly.

They fought for their readers daily, chasing scoops and pushing out extra editions in a frantic effort to catch the readers eye. If they succeeded it was because they gave voice to their reader's fears and foibles, because they championed them and cared for them.

Because they served them.

Beautiful Ryan!

It is important to point out that the partisanship wasn't necessarily one of top down editorial partisanship either. It was often the individual partisanship of the journalist. They were allowed to write what they believed to be true, right and just.

Comment edited by Kiely on 2010-06-09 13:10:56

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