It is very easy to see that Seldes' main aim in the newsletter given to us in class is to show the harmful effects of cigarette smoking and how it is linked to cancer.
Headlines such as, "Tobacco Money Pays Press and Radio", "Cancer Cases Increase With Cigaret Sale", and "U.S Press Whitewashes Tobacco" highlight the dangerous effects of smoking and how the mainstream media at the time, which Seldes was very critical of, would not publish stories about this as their main sources of income came from the tobacco industry through advertisements in the newspapers.
Seldes used his newsletter to show the truth about political, social, and economic wrongdoings of the mainstream/commercial press and the government.
It was interesting to see that Seldes used his own published books as a source of income to continue printing and writing In Fact. At the back of the printed newsletter is the list of Seldes' work with prices quoted alongside each of them. He also advertised at the back that new subscribers can purchase In Fact starting at only $1 as a scheme to attract more subscribers to read his newsletter.
Seldes used In Fact to bring to the public's attention all the misguided, suppressed, and ignored truths and facts that people deserved to know. He believed in a free press, away from commercial connections and an unbiased towards the work of the government. In Fact provided just that.
Headlines such as, "Tobacco Money Pays Press and Radio", "Cancer Cases Increase With Cigaret Sale", and "U.S Press Whitewashes Tobacco" highlight the dangerous effects of smoking and how the mainstream media at the time, which Seldes was very critical of, would not publish stories about this as their main sources of income came from the tobacco industry through advertisements in the newspapers.
Seldes used his newsletter to show the truth about political, social, and economic wrongdoings of the mainstream/commercial press and the government.
It was interesting to see that Seldes used his own published books as a source of income to continue printing and writing In Fact. At the back of the printed newsletter is the list of Seldes' work with prices quoted alongside each of them. He also advertised at the back that new subscribers can purchase In Fact starting at only $1 as a scheme to attract more subscribers to read his newsletter.
Seldes used In Fact to bring to the public's attention all the misguided, suppressed, and ignored truths and facts that people deserved to know. He believed in a free press, away from commercial connections and an unbiased towards the work of the government. In Fact provided just that.
No comments:
Post a Comment