1. Most Likely to Succeed.
- Author
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Kerby, Phil
- Subjects
NEWSPAPERS ,FORECASTING ,UNITED States political parties ,HERMENEUTICS ,JOURNALISM - Abstract
In mid-September 1958, the Los Angeles Times sniffed disaster in the air. In a lead editorial, the paper warned: "Threatening liberty in California seems as irrational as denying the existence of the Sierra Madre, California. This is the appearance. Nevertheless, there is the threat." Among other frights, the Times predicted that "the two-party system would collapse," if the disaster struck. Moreover, the editorial continued, "It is hard to believe that Republicans and Democrats, will let their liberty go by default. While the Times covers major news stories in detail, the paper devotes increasing attention to interpretation, and has no plans to compete with The New York Times as a journal of record. The paper, Los Angeles Times perhaps too self-conscious of its past nibbles at its targets but rarely bites.
- Published
- 1968