This article re-evaluates the trajectory of sensationalism within twentieth-century American journalism and foreign correspondence by examining William Randolph Hearst’s chief foreign correspondent, Karl H. von Wiegand (1874–1961). By following von Wiegand’s activities as a journalist, celebrity, propagandist and diplomatic go-between through both world wars, it argues that post-World War I concerns over propaganda and commercial mass media’s reliability impacted the typically sensational methods of foreign correspondents particularly strongly. In von Wiegand’s case, his exceptionally sensational style, which became entangled in fascist propaganda throughout the 1930s and fell under an increasingly systematic ethical critique, caused his own reputation and ability to impact public opinion to weaken drastically.

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“一个比生命更伟大的传奇”：卡尔·H·冯·维根和赫斯派耸人听闻的新闻业的轨迹

本文通过考察威廉·伦道夫·赫斯特的首席外国记者卡尔·冯·韦根 (Karl H. von Wiegand, 1874-1961)，重新评估了 20 世纪美国新闻业和外国通信中耸人听闻的轨迹。通过跟踪冯·维根在两次世界大战中作为记者、名人、宣传员和外交中间人的活动，它认为第一次世界大战后对宣传和商业大众媒体可靠性的担忧对外国记者通常耸人听闻的方式产生了特别强烈的影响。就冯·维根而言，他异常耸人听闻的风格在整个 1930 年代陷入法西斯宣传并受到越来越系统的道德批评，导致他自己的声誉和影响公众舆论的能力急剧下降。