The Great Newspaper War
Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used no illustrations and the articles were_________________(51)politics or business.
Two men_________________(52) that - Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World"and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Morning Journal.Pulitzer_________________(53) the New York World in 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very_________________(54) one overnight (一夜之间). He_________________(55) lots of illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on_________________(56) crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she was_________________(57) to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor_________________(58) of patients in those hospitals.
In 1895, Hearst_________________(59) to New York from California. He wanted the New York Morning Journal to be more sensational (轰动的) and more exciting_________________(60) the New York World. He also wanted it to be cheaper, so he_________________(61) the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than_________________(62). He often said, "Big print makes big news."
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they_________________(63) to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator (插图画家), to_________________(64) pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was_________________(65). Hearst answered, "You furnish (提供) the pictures. I'll furnish the war."
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