Yellow Journalism | Citizen Hearst | American Experience

Yellow Journalism | Citizen Hearst | American Experience | PBS

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Shortly after an explosion sunk the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor, Cuba, William Randolph Heart’s newspaper declared confidently: “MAINE DESTROYED BY SPANISH.” How could he know that? He didn't.
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In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst’s media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines. Nearly one in four American families read a Hearst publication. His newspapers were so influential that Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Winston Churchill all wrote for him. The first practitioner of what is now known as “synergy,” Hearst used his media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself. After serving two terms in Congress, he came in second in the balloting for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904. Perhaps best known as the inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and his lavish castle in San Simeon, Hearst died in 1951 at the age of 88, having transformed the media’s role in American life and politics. The two-part, four-hour film is based on historian David Nasaw’s critically acclaimed biography, “The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst.”
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@generaldissaray4109 2 жыл бұрын

so basically, nothing has changed.

@mutestingray 2 жыл бұрын

...the more they stay the same.

@syxepop 2 жыл бұрын

That's how Hearst successors STILL DO BUSINESS in 2022, even on their non-news related (i.e., fashion magazines) publications. But that's NOT how "yellow journalism" started, even though Bill Hearst might've brought it to its' peak. It started decades earlier in England when papers that threw that kind (worse most likely) of "yellow journalism" were papers that were sized smaller (tabloid size) than the traditional (like the Times of London) and were printed in YELLOW PAPER, hence the name.

@walterrumohr7090 Жыл бұрын

Increment improvement with AI technology.

@centrist1008 7 ай бұрын

You took the words out of my mouth

@scottl.1568 9 ай бұрын

Now we've gone full circle ⭕

@paulcunningham2859 Жыл бұрын

And now we have the Pulitzer prize for literature? Born from a corrupt paper

@michaelmay9824 2 жыл бұрын

Used this with my freshman US History class - a great resource. I have been looking for a short clip on Yellow Journalism to supplement my Imperialism unit.

@syhrox6290 2 жыл бұрын

Worked on this topic in university for like 3 months just to find a 7 minute video. My main focus Was to find out the power of mass media on US foreign policy during the progressive era. Greetings from Münster Germany

@rosesandsongs21 2 жыл бұрын

Information wars are a lot more powerful then real wars, in 1914 when the war began there was already about 300 fiction books and articles that had been published in England about the evil Hun that ate babies and how they were going to invade Britain soon, the public already had a profound hatred of anything German before the war had even started. Hard to say whether the government was behind it or not but the effectiveness of the campaign left no doubt which led to the British becoming the masters of atrocity propaganda far, far ahead of anyone else, the viciousness of the claims was so outrageous it would never work today... unless you're the president of the US, starting in 1898 with this war here on Spain, every single one after that was based on lies easy to uncover, enless you are a US citizen, these people will believe anything without taking the time to do their own research and since they have over 1000 military bases all over the world, 7000 nukes and the most powerful army in the world, it gets scary sometimes.

@oldtanker4860 2 жыл бұрын

If you are interested, research the impact Walter Cronkite had on the Viet Nam war immediat4ly after the Tett offensive. It was the single most decisive victory of the US and South Viet Nam against the VC which was destroyed as a fighting force. Yet Cronkite declared it a loss and the rest of the media did the same. A book featuring interviews by Nguyen Giap (the military leader of North Viet Nam) tells the story of how they viewed Cronkite and other "reporters" slanting the situation as an ally of theirs.

@rosesandsongs21 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldtanker4860 Yes, I remember that well, it wasn't an overwhelming victory for the US, after all the north Viets had iniltrated the towns without the US realizing it which was quite an achievement in itself but it was not either the defeat the media of the time presented, it was a great propaganda coup because whether it was intentional or not, the American pubic was deeply divided at that time so everything that came from Vietnam was filtered by the authorities to make it look good but that offensive could not be denied, it happened live on TV so that gave a serious blow to the war partisans who had lied about everything pretty much since the beginning, I remember seeing an interview with Gen Westmoreland and the poor man had to look at the camera and say he was not lying, he didn't convince anyone SO, when Cronkite said that a clear victory was not possible anymore, he wan't totally wrong. I think it simply hastened the end of a war that had no reason to be simply by exposing the lies that had to be told to the public to keep the damn thing going. Everything from the gulf of Tonkin to the overthrow of Prince Slhanouk was just a horrific pack of lies, it had to end, the US lost much more than a war over there, it lost its soul, 100,000 Vets have now committed suicide because they weren't able to live with what they had seen or done over there, almost twice the number of those who died in combat, something was wrong about that war, very wrong.

@stephenwright8824 2 жыл бұрын

"You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war." < I assert Hearst really said it.

@gabriel85885 Жыл бұрын

As a historian myself, the irony here is incredibly profound. "Historians" utilizing yellow journalistic strategist to explain yellow journalism and historical concepts. 😂 If you understand this, I wish I could have a coffee with you.

@Jamietheroadrunner 5 ай бұрын

This is what I try to tell people: there were no good old days. We were even more corrupt back then than we are now.

@Chrisp_az Жыл бұрын

Have you ever watched the news with the volume off? Try it, it’ll open your eyes to what’s being broadcasted. I remember seeing CNN on in a dinner mid 2017.. Couldn’t hear a thing, but I understood perfectly what was happening.

@stephenwright8824 2 жыл бұрын

2:22 Mitchell Stephens: Professor Nosferatu. 😄

@JemLeavitt 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting.

@AmericanExperiencePBS 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@erindanelleavilaavilaguerr7251 Жыл бұрын

Yellow journalism is we can only so far to help you articulate your problem.

@Double-disco-dude 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@paulcunningham2859 4 ай бұрын

Just like the internet we have today

@joea4936 3 ай бұрын

more like the main stream media we have today calling for war war war in Ukraine

@agn555 28 күн бұрын

Wow

@nirvoronlineshop6353 Жыл бұрын

Hey,are you from Journalism Department?

@erindanelleavilaavilaguerr7251 Жыл бұрын

I've lived it my entire life. We can only go this far. I'm a US American in severe sufference ... Them being a different kind who understood why I was in sufference that helped Mee articulate my issue. We respected boundaries. Oddly , the people mistreating me or hostile kinds didn't. Have I said that before?