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2 unusual facts about The State News


The State News

The State News was the first U.S. daily newspaper, commercial or student, to editorially criticize then-U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) for his sweeping charges without proof of communist activities by a number of citizens.

In another controversy, when the local Congressman demanded in 1950 that Michigan State remove left-leaning economist Paul Douglas (later U.S. Senator from Illinois) from its lecture series, the paper fought back in a series of editorials that resulted in the Congressman turning tail.


Brownstown Bombers

Bishop later went on to become a sports reporter for The State News, Michigan State University's student newspaper.


see also

Central News Agency

Central News Agency (Republic of China), the state news agency of the Republic of China (aka Taiwan)