Judge, 1925-10-17 · page 3 of 42
Judge — October 17, 1925 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Satire - October 17, 1925 This page satirizes newspaper practices and sensationalism. The main cartoon depicts a photographer positioned between two shop windows, unable to decide which scene to photograph with his single plate (film). On the left, a domestic/romantic scene; on the right, a woman in a bathing suit. The "Wants to Know" section mocks newspapers for their editorial choices: tabloids publishing "unfit" nudes, yellow journalism's obsession with murder stories, and picture dailies' focus on bathing girls as "news." It also jokes about newspapers' contradictions—like refusing to print Journal editorials in comic sections while running sensational photographs elsewhere. The satire critiques 1920s tabloid culture's prioritization of scandal and voyeurism over substantive journalism.
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Property of Scett!s Publie Library A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO LAUGH JUDGE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FIFTEEN CENTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1925 NEWSPAPER EDITION SPECIAL WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE NEW YORK AMERICAN doesn’t change its slogan to “A Paper for People who think they think.” AND WHY THE TABLOID DAILIES don’t use as their slogan “All the nudes that are fit to print.” IF THE “X MARKS THE SPOT” Editor ever gets a vacation. WHY A BATHING GIRL is considered news. HOW THE PICTURE DAILIES tell the difference between the bathing girls and the comic strips. IF THE DAILY GRAPHIC is as healthy as Macfadden. IF THE YELLOW SHEETS aren’t getting away with murder. WHETHER GREELEY WOULD have said “Go West Young Man,” if he had seen the Chicago Tribune. IF NEWSPAPER PRINTERS wear gas masks? WHY THEY CALL THEM “Head” lines. WHY THEY DON’T PRINT the New York Journal editorials in the comic section. Perplexing dilemma of an ambitious newspaper photographer with only one plate comicbooks.com