A newspaper so powerful it could make or break anyone. Until its own scandals destroyed it. Discover the rise and shocking fall of masters of sensation.

In this episode of the Media History Podcast, we trace the 168-year journey of News of the World, the British Sunday paper that defined tabloid journalism. From its 19th-century motto “Fearless advocacy of the truth” to its descent into checkbook journalism, it’s a story of ambition, power, and ethical collapse.

You’ll see how it captured Britain’s obsession with crime, scandal, and celebrity, how Winston Churchill used its pages to challenge Hitler, and how Rupert Murdoch later turned controversy into a business model. But when the pursuit of exclusives crossed the line into phone-hacking, everything changed. This story reveals how one newspaper’s hunger for sensation mirrored our own, and why its downfall still matters for journalism today.

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What started as a cry for justice after a bloody massacre and delivering war news by balloons, became one of the most fearless newspapers on Earth.

It began with rage, the outrage of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester. Out of that chaos, a group of reformers created The Manchester Guardian, a paper devoted to truth and independence. Decades later, its reporters were sending war news by balloons from a besieged city. Two centuries later, The Guardian won a Pulitzer Prize for the Snowden leaks, exposing the biggest whistleblower story in modern history.

In this episode of mediaHISTORY podcast, discover how one newspaper fought corruption, defied governments, and built a legacy of fearless reporting that still shapes journalism today.

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How can a feminist, socialist, and pacifist who once had an abortion be on the path to becoming a saint of the Catholic Church? This is a true story that shocks even historians and priests.

Meet Dorothy Day, the journalist and activist who founded The Catholic Worker - a groundbreaking movement that changed American Catholicism forever. In this episode, we follow her extraordinary journey: from New York’s leftist bohemia and an interview with Leon Trotsky, through the trauma of abortion and struggles with her atheist partner, to a powerful conversion to faith.

Discover how, in the middle of the Great Depression, she created a program that blended radical pacifism and social justice, offering a moral alternative to both communism and capitalism. She challenged her own beliefs - and the world around her. Dorothy Day remained fearlessly uncompromising until the end. Find out why her life still inspires activists, believers, and even Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis.

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A Pulitzer Prize winner and the creator of thousands of powerful images, struggled with the weight of what he witnessed through his camera.

Kevin Carter story. His photo from Sudan, "The Vulture and the Little Girl", became an iconic image. It was a profound symbol of global famine and brought global attention but instantly ignited intense controversy over the ethics of journalistic passivity.

As a founding member of the legendary bang-Bang Club, Carter confronted the brutal realities of apartheid and witnessed countless horrific crimes. Haunted by vivid memories, he struggled immensely with psychological trauma.

Dive into the haunting legacy of a dedicated reporter whose unbearable emotional burden led to tragedy.

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Did you know, that half of the pages in the pilot issue were left blank? it was not a mistake, but a psychological trick.

Before "business casual" was a style, it was a magazine. Did you know Fortune was so luxurious, its annual subscription cost 100 times more than "The New York Times"?

Discover how its founders created America's most beautiful business magazine, with covers that were true works of art. This episode explores how Fortune became required reading on Wall Street and coined terms like "hedge fund" that we still use today. It's a story of genius, art, and ambition.

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Thirty seconds after tracer rounds lit up the night sky over Saigon, a young Italian correspondent made a vow: she would never let the roar of war drown out the truth.

Meet Oriana Fallaci. The journalist who grilled ayatollahs, astronauts, and generals with the same fearless gaze, turning frontlines into headlines and silence into stories. As she said: Words could cut deeper than weapons, yet must also cut wiser.

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The ORIANA FALLACI story

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:07 Oriana Fallaci
• 00:28 Teen resistance fighter
• 02:53 From dior to a strange communist funeral
• 04:28 Rome opens a window to the world
• 06:42 Nothing, and so be it. Words that made history
• 08:11 Uncomfortable questions, unexpected answers
• 09:32 A master increasingly uncompromising
• 10:54 No taboo subjects
• 12:35 Wtc and the turning point
• 14:00 Hidden illness and a secret Conversation with the pope
• 15:32 The legacy of words and defiance
• 17:04 Neutrality does not exist. Silence is a choice too
• 18:38 Outro

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One misplaced letter on her birth certificate turned Orpah into Oprah, and one charismatic hour each afternoon turned a local talk show into a cultural super-power. Here’s the story of the woman who made millions feel seen. How a girl in potato-sack pants claimed the throne of daytime TV.

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The story of Oprah Winfrey

• 00:00 intro
• 00:33 Prayer for justice
• 02:17 Father, a microphone, and a beauty crown
• 03:38 Honesty against the rules. Viewers loved it
• 04:53 "AM Chicago". Oprah hits the top
• 06:24 The Color Purple, the color of courage
• 08:02 Live group therapy and a wheelbarrow of fat
• 09:36 The law that shut the door on monsters
• 11:03 The club that shifted shelves
• 12:06 The wings of Angel Network
• 13:08 Media that could hold more
• 14:25 170 daughters and one academy
• 15:26 Stars and cars
• 16:48 Last bell and a new stage
• 18:44 Empire and drive
• 20:01 outro

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One minute before going live for the very first time, Lawrence Zeiger changed his name to Larry King. Here’s the story of the man who knew how to listen. How a Brooklyn kid became the voice of 50,000 interviews.

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The story of Larry King

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:50 “This is radio. You have to talk!”
• 01:40 The Brooklyn boy who fell silent
• 02:47 No degree, one big goal
• 03:53 From waiter to air-wave star
• 04:46 Presence over planning
• 06:21 Beyond the microphone
• 07:54 Court case and suspension
• 09:22 Warming up before CNN
• 10:43 Larry King Live. An hour with anyone who had something to say
• 12:16 Conversation as an act of trust
• 13:34 Mic on the front line
• 14:42 A style that never ages
• 16:00 Ora TV – the mic never turns off
• 17:14 The body weakened, the voice did not
• 18:39 A legacy in words
• 19:52 Fifty thousand times “Why?”
• 21:20 Outro

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She was uncovering the truth in political circles and paid for it with her life. Daphne knew it was the only way she`d be silenced.

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The story of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Brave journalist from Malta, known as "The Witch"

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:50 Daphne
• 02:15 Breaking into the boys’ world
• 03:29 No allegiance but the public’s
• 04:44 Reporting with a second voice
• 05:57 Targeted for persistence
• 07:18 The attack that almost worked
• 08:42 Running Commentary. A battlefield of The Witch
• 10:24 When journalism becomes defense
• 11:43 Digging deeper than anyone dared
• 13:04 The woman behind the byline
• 14:22 A one-woman institution
• 15:41 Facing the backlash
• 17:12 Let the silence build tension
• 18:11 The day the words stopped
• 19:20 Justice that had to begin
• 20:32 Project Daphne takes shape
• 21:32 Legacy beyond fear
• 23:00 Outro

She was uncovering the truth in political circles and paid for it with her life. She subconsciously knew it was the only way she`d be silenced. On October 16, 2017, in the suburbs of Mosta, in Bidnija, investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack.

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The French masters of biting and vulgar satire collapsed and disappeared from the market three times.

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The history of CHARLIE HEBDO

The turbulent story of the masters of biting satire

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:41 The story begin
• 02:52 Stupid and wicked newspaper
• 04:50 Sales ban. For por*graphy
• 06:49 New leader of the satirical scene in France
• 11:27 The line crossed, collapse and revival
• 13:56 In the crosshairs. Politicians, religions, even entire cities
• 16:52 Editorial war. And the Muhammad cartoons
• 20:11 The Siné affair
• 22:25 Charlie Hebdo 3
• 23:48 First attack on the newsroom
• 25:26 Readers’ fundraiser to save Charlie
• 27:08 January 7, year 2015. Twelve fatalities
• 30:11 Je suis Charlie
• 33:25 We give ourselves the right to criticize
• 35:50 Anniversary year full of scandals
• 38:21 Unofficial 50th anniversary
• 40:21 Outro

No one knows exactly when it began. The *masters of biting and vulgar satire* collapsed and disappeared from the market three times.

It's impossible to count how many times they were taken to court. The editorial office was the target of attacks twice.

The one on January 7, 2015, brought the world together in support.

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