Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzerwas an American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. Pulitzer introduced the techniques of yellow journalism to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublisher
Date of Birth10 April 1847
CountryUnited States of America
There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.
Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.
The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will follow no causes bit its conclusions; will not support the Administration, but criticize it; will oppose all frauds and shams wherever or whatever they are; will advocate principles and ideas rather than prejudices and partisanship.
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.