When Yellow Journalism History Meets the Movies?!

01/15/21 • 28 min

In this episode, I discuss the real story behind Disney's musical "Newsies" with my best friend (and Disney super-fan) Elise. Learn some facts about the movie, with some slight off-topic conversations about other Disney movies, and the real story about the newsboys' strike of 1899!

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Hearst v. Pulitzer ?!

Episode 2 tackles the battle between William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, and how they resorted to yellow journalism in an effort to outsell each other.

Later in the episode, we are joined by Professor Chris Daly of Boston University. Professor Daly is a journalist, author, and historian. After 10 years at the Associated Press and nearly 10 more at the Washington Post, he has been teaching at Boston University since 1997.
Professor Daly is a co-author of:

“Like A Family” (UNC, 1987), winner of the Beveridge Prize
“Covering America” (UMass 2012), PROSE Award
"The Journalist’s Companion” (Routledge, 2018)

And he is writing a new book, “The Democratic Art,” about the role of journalism in the rise of American culture.

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Let's Talk About Mank and Citizen Kane?!

"Why are you so obsessed with me?" - William Randolph Hearst on 'Citizen Kane' and 'Mank.' Two movies released almost 80 years apart share a couple of key players: Herman Mankiewicz and William Randolph Hearst. What did Hearst think of "Charles Foster Kane" and how was Mank warned about his script and its implications?