Collier's Criticism of the Press during the Norman Hapgood Years, 1902 to 1913

Abstract

This research examines the criticism of newspapers by one of America's major popular magazines— Collier's Weekly—from 1902 to 1913 under the editorship of Norman Hapgood. This period constitutes the majority of the magazine's daily press criticism of sensationalism and the influence of financial interests. Unlike earlier studies of Collier's, this article looks primarily at the magazine's criticism before and after Will Irwin's now classic 15-part dissection of the newspapers in America, that ran in Collier's over 15 weeks in 1911.