Tough Tarbell Trivia

[Steve]

It turns out my online newspaper only carries public domain issues of the Times, and a 1941-4 article is just too recent. I did do a search of the archive on the Times website and the only article I could find that might match the criteria is an article mentioning Tarbell becoming a judge in a writing contest. But it doesn't seem like Tarbell would be the author of that.

Rob, I'm assuming you're referring to comedian Jon Stewart in your previous post. I've done a search and the term "fake news" to describe either bad news reports or to denigrate news stories one doesn't like has been in relative continuous use since the 19th century. Try reading this article:

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/In...ntemporary