Why did William Randolph Hearst “puff” Billy Graham and turn him into a sensation?
Evangelist Billy Graham recalls in his new book the pivotal point in his young ministry when, during a 1949 Los Angeles crusade, a two-word directive from publisher William Randolph Hearst to “puff Graham” made him an instant celebrity nationwide.
The sudden front-page coverage showered on Graham by Hearst newspapers in mid-October (after three weeks of little notice) was quickly matched by other newspapers and newsmagazines–literally a media circus descending on his rallies under a big tent.
The elder statesman of evangelical Christianity contends in “Just as I Am” (HarperCollins), however, that he never learned why Hearst took an interest in him. “Hearst and I did not meet, talk by phone, or correspond as long as he lived,” Graham wrote.
Why does The Hill puff Joni Ernst?
Anyone else think it’s basically for the same reason?
The two newspaper owners credited with developing the journalistic style of yellow journalism were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. These two were fighting a circulation battle in New York City. Pulitzer owned the New York World, and Hearst the New York Journal. Through their disregard for responsible journalism, the two men are commonly credited with leading America into the Spanish-American War. Their stories swayed US public opinion to believe that the Cuban people were being unjustly persecuted by the Spanish, and that the only way for them to gain their independence was through American intervention. Hearst and Pulitzer made their stories credible by self-assertion and providing false names, dates, and locations of skirmishes and atrocities committed by the Spanish.
Was it about selling papers or selling empire?
What say you?
Who is pushing this Joel Olsteen grifter?
Umm, What is “The logic of late capitalism,” Alex?
So the GOP think they’ve found their rhetorical anti-Hillary. Watch that veteran status be hyped up as making her an expert on foreign policy and national security.
Joni is unable to admit that we did not find WMD in Iraq. She spews the talking point that invites a follow up questions that force her to admit we did not find WMD in Iraq. She is Jindal with a personality but still no soul.
Yes, when the world finds out that she fought bills of lading in an cubicle in Kuwait, it will take some of the glamour off. Been in 21 years (must have been ROTC) and is a Lt. Col. in the Iowa National Guard. That sure helps out the farm. It’s how bootstrapping small businesses start–with Uncle Sugar’s dime.
I find it inexpressively depressive that Joni Ernst is given any possible chance to state her views.
Screw that. I’ve drunk not too well, but too much. Me and Joni??? Been there, Done That
If you haven’t been hung off a Mississippi bridge by your shoulders in a rain storm … you don’t understand.
Yes.
Same as it ever was…same as it ever was…
What were they selling in Ferguson?