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The Adorable Origins of Yellow Journalism: podcast only

Published: 6/12/2009

The Yellow Kid was wise beyond his years.  By 1900, he’d already sold cigars, staged a cock fight and been around the world. So what was the appeal of this unlikely pop icon?  And what did he have to do with yellow journalism? Associate producer Rachel Quimby explains.

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