COOLIDGE DISPLEASED WITH 'FAKE' NEWS FROM WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 11, 1925, The Evening Star reports that President Calvin Coolidge is displeased with "some of the purported news stories being sent out of Washington by...correspondents."
The President says that, according to some of these stories, "every member of his cabinet" has resigned or has been on the verge of resigning at one time or another during his tenure in the White House.
To set the record straight, "only a few" of these "purported" resignations have proven to be true.
JFK+50 NOTE
Today what we call 'fake news' has actually been around since the late 1890s when 'yellow journalism' or sensational news reporting was popular.
The reporting of New York newspapers that the U.S.S. Maine was sunk by Spain was a major influence in leading to the Spanish-American War. Fake news can be classified as totally false, partially true or misleading.
SOURCE
"Coolidge Objects To 'Made Up' News From White House," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
