JOURN 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Meat Packing Industry, Nellie Bly, Political Machine
18 Mar 2018
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The new york sun: started by benjamin day in 1833, no political backing or platform, innovated by writing about crimes, personal events and human interest subjects, wanted to start a paper that attracted people to the content. Not something people were forced to read: didn"t necessarily cover economics, politics, or world events. 1890- yellow journalism: apotheosis of sensationalism, massive headlines, questionable veracity, truth wasn"t given priority, huge pro ts, hearst vs. pulitzer, were competing for subscribers and sales, did that through huge/ ash headlines and fake" news. The progressive era: 1890s to 1920s, widespread social and political reforms, in response to, gilded age, economic inequality, machine politics, patronage, corruption. Got a job at the new york world. Resulted in funding for treatment of illnesses and reforms to treatment: ida b. Proves that lynching is happening because of white anxiety over african american progress. Economic theory of lynching: upton sinclair. Resulted in early reforms of food safety.
