Name: We Never Wanted Real News by Softcore History
Duration: 1 h 22 min 46 s
Description: How did Pulitzer, Hearst, et al. sell papers? It wasn’t with the high brow stuff. They sent reporters to hospitals to write about the gruesome murders and horrible (or embarrassing, alcohol fueled) injuries a city’s residents had suffered that day. And it all went on one page. We break down one of those pages, from the August 23rd, 1897 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

How did Pulitzer, Hearst, et al. sell papers? It wasn’t with the high brow stuff. They sent reporters to hospitals to write about the gruesome murders and horrible (or embarrassing, alcohol fueled) injuries a city’s residents had suffered that day. And it all went on one page. We break down one of those pages, from the August 23rd, 1897 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

We Never Wanted Real News

A podcast for the casual fan of history. The Wikipedia reader. The kids who grew up with a dad who watched the same 10 hours of World War II specials on The History Channel. Join Dan Regester, Rob Fox, and Jake Goldman as they tastefully insert themselves into the past. The only thing we don't show is our research.

We Never Wanted Real News

Softcore History

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