Number of words: 64 Mr Smith said in court, ‘I am terribly sorry. I have a dull life and I suddenly wanted to break away.’ He did not say, as we reported erroneously, ‘I have a dull wife and I suddenly wanted to break away. We apologise to Mr Smith, and to Mrs Smith. -Daily … Read more
Number of words: 117 Another now-famous example of error came a year later when the New York Times printed story after incorrect story about how the Bolsheviks in Russia were being soundly defeated. When the revolution was successful, the paper had a lot of backpedalling to do. Though errors and outright fabrications were on their … Read more
Number of words: 398 THE SPANISH -AMERICAN WAR of 1898 and the Journal’s boisterous support for it would be another key death blow to the “journalism of action.” (Though support for the war was widespread among newspapers of the day, there were marked differences in how they behaved. Hearst’s paper managed to distinguish itself by … Read more
Number of words: 195 ‘How do you like the Journal’s war?’ asked the front page of William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal for two days in 1898. This evocative question likely elicited a common response from his readers of the day: ‘Just fine.’In April of that year, war broke out in Cuba between Spain, who … Read more
Number of words: 402 The newsbooks and early newspapers of the seventeenth century extolled accuracy and facts with rhetorical flair, but what they published in reality had no semblance of truth and accuracy. Newspapers peppered their pages with scandalous, often totally false accounts worthy of today’s most sensational tabloids, and political and religious partisanship was rampant. … Read more
Number of words: 128 The printing press enabled news to reach a larger audience at a vastly reduced cost, though it was not the death knell for oral news exchanged in coffeehouses, at home, and in city streets. In the sixteenth century, news was still being called out by criers in the streets and recited … Read more
Number of words: 123 While all people enjoy good news and gossip, it is accurate news that matters most to society. The desire for factual information is an inseparable component of news and has emerged as the foundation of modern journalism. It is also the foundation upon which people and societies make important decisions and … Read more
Number of words: 5,386 Everyone knows that South India and North India are very different in culture, language, and socio-economic development. But the most dramatic regional disparity may be in gender relations. Southern and North Eastern women are more likely to survive infancy, be educated, marry later, choose their own husbands, interact more closely with … Read more
Number of words: 117 The School Bus Test is a simple metaphor. If a founder or leader of an organization were to be hit by a school bus, would the organization continue to thrive at the same pace without them at the helm? So many organizations are built on the force of a single personality … Read more
Number of words: 132 Southwest Airlines is famous for pioneering the ten-minute turnaround—the ability to deplane, prep, and board a plane in ten minutes. This ability helps an airline make more money, because the more the planes are in the sky, the better the company is doing. What few people realize is that this innovation … Read more
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