Spartacus, USA History, British History, Second World War, First World War, Germany,
Writers, US Journalists, US Journals, British Journalists, Author, Search Website, Email

 

The radical journalist, George Seldes, established the In Fact political newsletter in 1940. One of the first articles published in the newsletter concerned the link between cigarette smoking and cancer. Seldes later explained that at the time, "The tobacco stories were suppressed by every major newspaper. For ten years we pounded on tobacco as being one of the only legal poisons you could buy in America."

In Fact often published articles by journalists whose own editors would not use in case they upset their advertisers. At its peak, the newsletter had a circulation of 176,000. This was higher than more established liberal journals such as The Nation and The New Republic. The In Fact newsletter ceased publication in 1950.

 

 

 

Available from Amazon Books (order below)