[lbo-talk] newspapers in 1776 [was: happiness pays?]

[Jim Devine]

On 4/2/06, Josh Narins <josh at narins.net> wrote:
> Anyway, it reminds me of the role of information in a popular
> government, and how America in 1776 was the #2 newspaper-reading society
> in world history. Sweden, at some point, beat that record.

I heard on U.S. National Public Radio some historian reporting that
back in 1776, newspapers in the colonies were totally irresponsible
and "yellow" in their content and mode of presentation. Famous
patriot, journalist, and beer-maker Samuel Adams was especially bad.
--
Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles