Word: digestibility
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic Digest was born "to combat the one-party press." At first this seems silly, since it consists mostly of reprints of pro-Democratic articles from newspapers. But a closer look shows that the bulk of the reprints come from but a handful of papers: the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, Washington Post, New York Post, etc. So, the Digest's real purpose is to circulate the Word in areas Democratic newspapers don't reach...
Since the Digest is the official publication of the Democratic National Committee, it is of necessity propaganda. But well-written propaganda, presented with a slick ness of style occasionally reminiscent of the New Yorker, even imitating it, such as in short quips and jibes under "Talk of the Nation." There are parodies each month. In November's issue, the man in the Hathaway shirt peered through his one good eye and said, "It takes me twice as long to read the Digest, but it's worth the time." A column, "Inside," scoffed at Newsweek's periscope ("Fewer erasers are being...
...more serious side of politics, the Digest focuses on the Administration's inconsistencies with a column called "Pledges and Hedges." In it, Republicans are shown through speeches and statements denying their platform plank by plank. But perhaps the most valuable pieces in the Digest are those not swiped, but written by the staff. An exposure of the Committee for Constitutional Government was the most recent...
Awful Truth. DuPre first attracted the Digest's attention six months ago, after giving a number of lectures and broadcasts in Canada on his war experiences. He was invited to suburban Pleasantville, N.Y. to meet the Digest editors. "If there ever was a man who inspired confidence and seemed deeply religious." recalls Editor Wallace, "it was he." The Digest asked Reynolds to write DuPre's story, later sold the idea of the book to Random House. Reynolds went to Canada with DuPre, branch manager of Calgary's Commercial Chemicals, Ltd., found that he was an outstanding citizen...
...Herald got the first hint that something was wrong from an anonymous tipster who had read the Digest story. He told the Herald that he had enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force with DuPre in 1942, although the book said that DuPre was in France at the time. Herald Managing Editor Allen Bill, who had helped Reynolds gather information for his book, assigned Reporter Doug Collins to investigate...