Comments on: April 20th New York Times Cover Pages 1947-52

By: admin

admin — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:54:01 +0000

In reply to cmontgo2.

Crystal — I also made a couple of edits (for form/style) in your comment. Everyone should note–because it will be an issue in pretty much all projects, etc.–that Chicago Manual uses January 2, not January 2d; April 30, not April 30th; July 4, not July 4th. We say the “th” but we do not write it.

Beyond that, I think that your point about July 4 as being an interesting date to check for Cold War coverage is an excellent one. If any date brought out patriotism and faith in the US against its enemy, that would be it.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:50:09 +0000

In reply to Brian Branigan.

Brian — I corrected a couple of typos and one unclear sentence. If I misread what you were trying to say, I apologize–and please feel free to change what I edited.

By: cmontgo2

cmontgo2 — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:54:03 +0000

I also had expected their to be more mention of espionage. The articles that I viewed definitely mentioned the term communism frequently and even used the phrase anit-American. But I think since the articles I viewed were for January 2 of every year and thus the beginning of a new year the paper also made an attempt to focus on other things such as one of them mentioning five international records including one for speed been broken by the Air Force in 1947. I think it is interesting to look at how a specific date that you chose whether it be January 2 or April 30 in a specific year could impact what and how things are published. I imagine publications during a day such as July 4 would also be interesting.

By: Brian Branigan

Brian Branigan — Sat, 21 May 2016 21:34:18 +0000

Happy belated birthday Shauna. The project notes that espionage was mentioned
significantly less than expected. Why should espionage get mentioned more often? Was it
because of the additional week’s articles and videos? Alternatively, was this just the thought you had? It is interesting that each issue over the five-year period that you reviewed had at least three stories on Cold War topics. Given the range of years (1947-1952), I would have thought that the Cold War would have had a significant number of articles. It is interesting that there was a reported Communist in a textile factory in Maryland. With port access in Baltimore, it is not difficult to believe reported Communist activity. However, it is happening more on the west coast and in Alaska due to proximity to the USSR. The positive spin our papers place on our involvement in Korea stands out; there is a d view that the US injected democracy into that part of the world, and the benefit was for us, not the Korean people. Thank you for allowing me to read your project.

Regards,
Brian Branigan

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