Also good to know. My instructor highly recommended! I think that's a case of rag journalism imitating rag pop-culture. You definitely got me thinking. I try and imagine enjoying OJ in the naked gun series the same as if that persona he has now was different. How would we see Trump if not for the media as well? The media has definitely shaped our impressions of everything...
An extra example of how far scandal sheets were willing to go: During the investigation around Roscoe Arbuckle (I forget whether there was a trial), a newspaper published a doctored photo on the front page of him behind bars. He was, in fact, never held in custody.
In the 1990's, Thames Television produced a beautiful series about the silent era titled simply "Hollywood". One chapter described the Arbuckle scandal at length, and the susbsequent beginnings of Hollywood's self-censorship.
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An extra example of how far scandal sheets were willing to go: During the investigation around Roscoe Arbuckle (I forget whether there was a trial), a newspaper published a doctored photo on the front page of him behind bars. He was, in fact, never held in custody.
In the 1990's, Thames Television produced a beautiful series about the silent era titled simply "Hollywood". One chapter described the Arbuckle scandal at length, and the susbsequent beginnings of Hollywood's self-censorship.