Comments on: Old-School Editorializing http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 12 May 2026 11:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/#comment-18701 Chris Weigant Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:28:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5042#comment-18701 dsws - OK, I was tired. The word "literal" was not appropriate. Mea culpa! DerFarm - Actually, I was going back even further, to the period roughly between 1790 and the Civil War. See if Wikipedia has anything on the "Washington Globe" newspaper, for instance... But you are right about the "Yellow Kid" being the origin of the Yellow Journalism moniker! :-) -CW dsws -

OK, I was tired. The word "literal" was not appropriate. Mea culpa!

DerFarm -

Actually, I was going back even further, to the period roughly between 1790 and the Civil War. See if Wikipedia has anything on the "Washington Globe" newspaper, for instance...

But you are right about the "Yellow Kid" being the origin of the Yellow Journalism moniker!

:-)

-CW

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/#comment-18691 nypoet22 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5042#comment-18691 <i>Even if I believe that Newt Gingrich would be an absolute disaster for the future of our great country, should he be elected. [Heh.]</i> funny thing, for all his flaws and foibles, i happen to believe that newt would be the LEAST disastrous of the bunch. Even if I believe that Newt Gingrich would be an absolute disaster for the future of our great country, should he be elected. [Heh.]

funny thing, for all his flaws and foibles, i happen to believe that newt would be the LEAST disastrous of the bunch.

]]> By: DerFarm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/#comment-18686 DerFarm Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5042#comment-18686 yeah. Old School. Like Hearst with Yellow Journalism (which actually referred to cartoon characters, but was perfectly adaptable to anti-Chinese fervor). Speaking of Hearst, do you mean journalism like the media driven <a href="http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/remember.html" rel="nofollow">war</a> with Spain? Be careful what you ask for. You might get it. yeah. Old School. Like Hearst with Yellow Journalism (which actually referred to cartoon characters, but was perfectly adaptable to anti-Chinese fervor).

Speaking of Hearst, do you mean journalism like the media driven war with Spain?

Be careful what you ask for. You might get it.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/#comment-18683 Michale Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:54:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5042#comment-18683 <I>Once a newspaper had made its mind up, to put it another way, it jumped into the fray with both feet. Coming out for a particular candidate meant throwing the weight of the paper behind that candidate full-force, with daily front-page editorials about why their candidate was the best thing America had ever seen in a politician, and why any of the other clowns and pretenders running would be an absolute disaster for the future of our great country.</I> Rather ironic that, back in the day, newspapers would be so political.. I say ironic because, back in the day, they also practiced REAL journalism... :D Michale Once a newspaper had made its mind up, to put it another way, it jumped into the fray with both feet. Coming out for a particular candidate meant throwing the weight of the paper behind that candidate full-force, with daily front-page editorials about why their candidate was the best thing America had ever seen in a politician, and why any of the other clowns and pretenders running would be an absolute disaster for the future of our great country.

Rather ironic that, back in the day, newspapers would be so political..

I say ironic because, back in the day, they also practiced REAL journalism... :D

Michale

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/#comment-18675 dsws Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:20:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5042#comment-18675 <i>it used to mean full-throated endorsement, in the literal sense of the word</i> They signed the candidates' backs? it used to mean full-throated endorsement, in the literal sense of the word

They signed the candidates' backs?

]]> By: jbl_inAZ http://www.chrisweigant.com/2012/01/10/old-school-editorializing/#comment-18674 jbl_inAZ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:08:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=5042#comment-18674 The opposite end of the spectrum from today's practices is William Randolph Hearst -- see <i>Citizen Kane</i> for a quick and easy lesson on that -- but I don't think most papers were that extreme. Even I remember when they were a lot more involved. The opposite end of the spectrum from today's practices is William Randolph Hearst -- see Citizen Kane for a quick and easy lesson on that -- but I don't think most papers were that extreme. Even I remember when they were a lot more involved.

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