The Great Newspaper War Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States

The Great Newspaper War

Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used ______1 illustrations and the articles were about politics or business.

Two men changed that---Joseph Pulitzer______2 The New York World and Randolph Hearst of The New York Journal. Pulitzer bought The New York World ______3 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very ______4 one overnight. He added ______5 illustrations and cartoons: And he told his reporters to write articles on 56 crime or scandal they could find．And they did．One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she ______7 to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of______8 in those hospitals.

In 1895,'Hearst came to New York from______9 CaliforniA．He wanted The Journal to be more sensational and more exciting ______10 The World．He also Wanted it to be 61, so he reduced the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines' Were bigger than ______12 . He often said, "Big print makes big news. "

Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they______13 to sell riewspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator,______14 pictures of the Spanish American War. When he got there; he told Hearst that no fighting was______15 . Hearst answered,"You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war. "

第 51 题 请选择（1）处的最佳答案．

A．no

B．many

C．a lot

D．little