Scott Lloyd Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, katherine the great said: I've never read anyone else's opinion of the early editions of DN. A few years back, I poured through as many as I could stand looking for genealogical information. The Deseret News was founded in 1850, just three years after Brigham Young and the pioneers settled the Salt Lake Valley. During the ensuing two decades between then and when the Tribune emerged, there were dramatic growth and change in the content of the community, as well as in the times and society of America as a whole, particularly frontier America. I don't doubt, that during this time there was a commensurate change in the character, style, professionalism and even the journalistic quality of the content in the Deseret News. In this, I suspect there were a whole lot of disparate factors at play. It's possible that the emergence of the Tribune had some impact in this, though I would need some convincing to form a definitive conclusion that it was entirely -- or even mostly -- due to the coming of the Tribune. As for not being able to stand it, there are few mid-19th century newspapers that I can stand to read for very long. Too dry and turbid, for the most part. Edited April 14, 2018 by Scott Lloyd
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