Newspaper Names

[Jordan Hayes]

>> This is all untrue?  Most papers were once party-aligned?  Whence
then
>> (and when) came our peculiar notion of journalistic objectivity?
>
> I think it came about in the late 19th/early 20th century, when the
> "quality" press was trying to distinguish itself from the yellow
> press. The NY Times was a major player in the transformation.

I thought a big player in it was the AP who wanted to be able to sell
their stories to "anyone" without regard to slant.