Talk:Joseph Pulitzer
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[edit] removed
I removed this piece of text from the article, simply because I don't see how it has any relevance to Joseph Pulitzer.
- I think it should go back in. Pulitzer is very famous in Missouri because he made his fortune at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I believe the Pulitzer company still owns the paper. --K72ndst 23:29, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
"The current president of the University, Lee Bollinger, headed a committee that considered a reform of the school's curricullum but rejected the proposal to include classes on journalistic ethics, a discipline which would make it difficult for graduates to work at the New York Times, which hires many graduates of the school. This, along with large donations to Columbia University, helps the Times garner many of the Prizes for itself. It has been publicly admitted that the Times is guaranteed at least one Prize per year."
Any use for this in another article, e.g. Pulitzer Prize or Columbia Graduate School of Journalism?
Slugmaster 04:31, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
--- Um, as this is 100 percent fiction/opinion/nastiness, I'd say it's worthless in any article. Wasn't this the guy who got everyone to think the Maine was sabatoged by the Spanish?
--- That's generally been attributed to William Randolph Hearst, but Pulitzer wasn't much better. Hearst, by the way, funded collegiate journalism's most prestigious prizes.
Just a thought-both of them felt guilty about their hand in provoking war with Spain, so both established prizes to "good journalists" to try and atone for that.
Pultizer was more of a populist, as opposed to Hearst, who became more pro-business, anti-labor as his life continued
[edit] Pulitzer's ancestry
Recent research in both Hungary and the United States has verified that both Joseph Pulitzer's parents, Philip Pulitzer and Elize Louise Berger Pulitzer, were both 100% Jewish. See the work of Andras Csillag, Szeged University, in particular.
I reverted the page to its former state because 68.188.36.6 vandalized it and simply deleted the article. --Teemeah Gül Bahçesi 11:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I've never written anything on wiki before, but couldn't help but notice that there is no mention in the pulitzer entry about his work in bringing the statue of liberty to new york. I'm not an expert, but when you go to the satute of liberty they certainly talk about pulitzer a lot.
[edit] The victory for 'freedom of the press" is POV
that shouldn't belong there. The fact that he was taken to court should show who really had power back then YankeeRoman(24.75.194.50 16:48, 4 January 2007 (UTC))
- Since it was a historical consideration, its historical POV - and if its citable, its keepable. This article needs citations, but should not be detracted from too much before those are inserted - Pulitzer needs as good of an article as William Hearst. – Freechild (BoomCha) 12:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation
"(originally pronounced /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/, in the UK now /ˈpjuːlɪtzɚ/)" I've never heard that supposed UK 'pyu' pronunciation. I suspect someone once heard it mispronounced and thought that was a standard UK pronunciation. Unless anyone knows better, I think it should be removed.86.151.37.17 (talk) 14:16, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
- I hear the /pju/ pronunciation all the time, including by journalists. It's the primary pronunciation in the OED, which then goes on to say "in U.S. also ˈpʊlɪtzə(r)", suggesting that only /pju/ is used in the UK. kwami (talk) 20:56, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
In the movie Hudsucker Proxy, the journalist who's won the Pulitzer prize pronounces it PYOO-litser. I wonder if that was for comedic effect? kwami (talk) 03:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
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- Believe it or not, I met two of Joseph Pulitzer's great-grandkids. They say the name is correctly pronounced Pull-itz-er. I asked them, because their grandmother was Margaret Leech. -- K72ndst (talk) 19:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
