BackStory With The American History Guys » newspapers http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:21:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory With The American History Guys no BackStory With The American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory With The American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, BackStory With The American History Guys » newspapers http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org Just the Facts?: Partisanship and the Press http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:00:58 +0000 cm6ay http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=296
The current era of partisan news and name-calling is enough to make you wonder what happened to good old-fashioned objective reporting. But in this hour, BackStory asks: Where did the idea of media objectivity come from in the first place? Historian Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy. Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving “lunar man-bats” in the early days of the penny press. And Michael Kinsley, founder of the online journal Slate, argues that opinion journalism can be more informative than so-called “objective” news.


Related Links

  • Marcus Daniel’s book about early American journalism, Scandal and Civility
  • Thomas Jefferson’s ever-changing views on freedom of the press
  • The original text and illustrations of The Sun’s 1835 “Great Moon Hoax“
  • Matthew Goodman compares 19th century media hoaxes to those of today.
  • Historian Jill Lepore recounts the long history of newspaper industry end-days.
  • Media critic Bill Powers explores the similarities between today’s media landscape and that of the 19th century.
  • NPR’s On The Media wonders if it’s really possible for journalists to keep their opinions out of their work.

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    The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism
    When did news become so… jaundiced? It’s hard to say. But we do know when it got yellow.
    Associate producer Rachel Quimby tells the story of the Yellow Kid– an improbable character who found himself at the center of the late nineteenth-century newspaper wars. Listen here!

eighthnoteCheck out the music in our “Partisanship and the Press” show.
]]> http://backstoryradio.org/2009/03/just-the-facts-partisanship-and-the-press/feed/ 8 1st amendment,alien and sedition act,freedom of speech,freedom of the press,great moon hoax,journalism,marcus daniel,media history,media hoax,michael kinsley,newspapers,objectivity What ever happened to good, old-fashioned, objective reporting? In this hour, the History Guys turn that question on its head, and ask instead where the notion of “objective” reporting came from in the first place. (http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/2009/01/press.jpg) The current era of partisan news and name-calling is enough to make you wonder what happened to good old-fashioned objective reporting. But in this hour, BackStory asks: Where did the idea of media objectivity come from in the first place? Historian Marcus Daniel explains that the bitter rhetoric of editors in the 1790s played a key role in the birth of our democracy. Matthew Goodman tells the story of an elaborate hoax involving "lunar man-bats" in the early days of the penny press. And Michael Kinsley, founder of the online journal Slate, argues that opinion journalism can be more informative than so-called "objective" news. Related Links * Marcus Daniel's book about early American journalism, Scandal and Civility * Thomas Jefferson's ever-changing views (http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1600.htm) on freedom of the press * The original text and illustrations of The Sun's 1835 "Great Moon Hoax (http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/moonhoax.html)" * Matthew Goodman compares 19th century media hoaxes (http://hnn.us/articles/59894.html) to those of today. * Historian Jill Lepore recounts (http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/01/26/090126crat_atlarge_lepore) the long history of newspaper industry end-days. * Media critic Bill Powers explores (http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200501/powers) the similarities between today's media landscape and that of the 19th century. * NPR's On The Media wonders (http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2004/09/10/06) if it's really possible for journalists to keep their opinions out of their work. (http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/2009/03/yellowkid.jpeg) The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism When did news become so... jaundiced? It's hard to say. But we do know when it got yellow. Associate producer Rachel Quimby tells the story of the Yellow Kid-- an improbable character who found himself at the center of the late nineteenth-century newspaper wars. Listen here (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/06/the-adorable-origins-of-yellow-journalism/)! (http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/2009/01/eighthnote.jpg)Check out the music (http://www.backstoryradio.org/2009/03/backstory-show-tunes#Partisanship Music) in our "Partisanship and the Press" show. BackStory With The American History Guys no 53:00