"A little steam, a little sizzle and a little sleaze": English-language tabloids in the interwar period (1).(Review)

From: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Houston, Susan E. | Copyright information

Muckraking tabloid weeklies were a largely successful--and invariably controversial--part of Canadian English-language journalism in the years between the First and Second World Wars. While Bob Edwards' Calgary Eye Opener and J.R. Rogers' Jack Canuck were notable pre-World War I pioneers, the racy 5-cent weekly hit its stride after the War. (3) Each new venture bore the indelible mark of its editor/ publisher, each of whom was assailed widely for publishing `scurrilous' and `corrup...

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