Progressive Journalism and the History of Narratives in the News

progressingamerica

[ProgressingAmerica]

I have completed a study paper on the roots of progressive journalism.

I did not do this for any of my classes, I did this on my own because I wanted to and because I truely think it needed to be studied in a more formal fashion. I have been looking around at a handful of peer-reviewed journals that deal with history, but I do not trust them. Plus, there is the issue of copyright and I do not want what I wrote to fall into the trap of being locked away on some journal's pages on the month of June of whatever year, never to be seen by the world again for 100+ years until the copyright expires.

I want this to be readable by everyone, easy to share and freely available for everyone. Most importantly, I think this will be useful by all of my readers and hopefully more who see it. I hope someone does more research than I have done into the history of progressive journalism and digs up even more, I assure you there is more, and if what I have written helps establish a solid basis for such research, I will be very thankful.

This problem of progressive journalism is a problem we must deal with, and knowing where it comes from is an important part of solving the problem. I would even go so far as to say that it cannot be completely dealt with unless its history is known and effectively used. A never ending back and forth is just that - neverending. What good does that do anybody? There needs to be finality and their own history provides the substance for such finality.

The paper discusses several individuals, such as Will Irwin, George Creel, Walter Lippmann, and Upton Sinclair. I am taking time to re-read this a few more times before I finally release it, but I think I have completed it as it should be.

If you have thought to yourself that progressive journalism is as big of a problem as I have come to believe it is, I am confident you will want to read this.

I have titled it: "Government by Journalism - The Road to America".

[ProgressingAmerica]

I am hoping to have one more person take a look at this as well, before I upload. Hopefully, I will be uploading tomorrow evening.

I have put a lot of time into this, I want to get it right. I really think I have.

[sauropod]

Post it on FR, or a link to it, and I’d like to read it.

‘Pod.

[piytar]

Me, too.

[lafroste]

Me three. I am also an author and am skilled at proofreading if you are interested.

[IronJack]

Sounds like an interesting thesis. You know, of course, that it will be discredited immediately by the has-been media. Paradoxically, for the very reasons you describe.

[piytar]

I too write professionally and would be happy to provide feedback.

[niteowl77]

I just finished reading John Mosier's "Verdun," wherein he frequently refers to government (in this case, more accurately "military") manipulation of public opinion with the help of a willful press in France (and Britain) during WWI. Nasty stuff. Like today's crop of media lickspittles, early 20th Century journalism in "the civilized democracies" has much to answer for.

Mr. niteowl77

[Excellence]

This sounds like something that would be incredibly useful.

[Lake Living]

I’ve done some research myself and I have “found” the very first occurrence of progressive journalism. Ok, well it was written down by some old guy, a Jew no less. Anyway, here it is - see what you think:

Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

It will be interesting. Remember media is propaganda not the reporting of acts, conditions or events. There is active suppression by the media creatures(the suppression of physical descriptions of the criminal in crime reporting comes to mind; the transfer of wealth to the administrations buddies, etc. etc. .)/p>

[jobim]

I too look forward to reading your work. Have you consulted Disinformation by Ion Pacepa? Russia mastered the art of government through journalism even at the time of the Tsar, but certainly all through the 20th century.

[ProgressingAmerica]

I hope to get everybody’s input.

http://www.academia.edu/10355595/Government_by_Journalism_-_The_Road_to_America

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Very interesting. I'm glad you mentioned Edward Bernays. I think every conservative should be familiar with his work as a partial inoculation against the thought molders.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Yes, Bernays has an important role to play in the context of modern mass manipulation, but since he moved on from journalism and into the CPI in a rather short period of time, and then from there into corporate "Public Relations" (which he states in his own words that he always preferred the word 'propaganda') much of his "work" belongs elsewhere, in another study paper perhaps.

Surprisingly, the BBC's documentary on "The Century of the Self" does a lot to teach about progressivism in the first hour long segment, though they try hard not to. I literally laughed out loud when they glossed over his work at the Committee of Public Information, but its the BBC after all so you have to leave room for such allowances.

Thanks for reading.

[Excellence]

srbfl

[ProgressingAmerica]

As mentioned in the initial posting, I put together a study paper about journalism.

Government by Journalism - The Road to America

Here is a roundup of the copyright expired footnotes:

The Significance Of Mr. Hearst, by Sydney Brooks

The great metropolis; a mirror of New York, by Junius Henri Browne

How we advertised America, by George Creel

The Triumph of an Idea, Harper's Weekly

Helping to Make a President, by William Inglis.

The American Newspaper, by Will Irwin

The Basic Problem of Democracy, by Walter Lippmann (Became chapter 1 of Liberty and the News)

Liberty and the News, by Walter Lippmann

Public Opinion, by Walter Lippmann

Yellow Press Has Served Purpose, by Walter Lippmann (see page 6)

The Associated Press, by Melville Stone

Upton Sinclair to John Beardsley, 1929

The Brass Check, by Upton Sinclair

A Character Sketch of William Randolph Hearst, by William Thomas Stead

Dr Jim and Co. in Holloway Gaol, by William Thomas Stead

The Future of Journalism, by William Thomas Stead

Government by Journalism, by William Thomas Stead

The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, by William Thomas Stead

I aim to make it easy for everybody to look at Journalism's history, examine it, and reference the ways in their own words they have decided to manipulate people. Other footnoted items include Drudge's original article about the Newsweek coverup, an article relating to the JournoList, Nelson Crawford's 1924 book "The Ethics of Journalism", Edward Bernay's book "Crystallizing Public Opinion", and a 1977 book about the Tet Offensive. One item that I did not footnote because it was such a well known story at the time is a small entry relating to Dan Rather's use of fake documents as an effort in Government by Journalism. Many of these and other footnotes are still in copyright, but I cite them briefly and with proper formatting as is common practice for research efforts of this type.

[YHAOS]

For over one hundred years Progressives have tried to convince Americans that we are the worst people who have ever inhabited the Earth, and that of us all the Founding Fathers were the most evil. They have largely succeeded . . . finally.

Thanks for the BEEP!

[Kenny Bunk]

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[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Bump.

[hosepipe]

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