My lesson English

Benjamin Franklin once ran a fake classified ad in his newspaper to prank a rival editor.

The first newspaper was called "The Daily Cave Painting" and was published by early humans using berry ink.

The term "yellow journalism" comes from a famous newspaper war that involved actual yellow-colored newspapers.

The first radio news broadcast was so boring that half the listeners fell asleep before the weather report.

The phrase “if your mother says she loves you, check it out” is a real saying in journalism.

During the 1800s, some journalists used carrier pigeons to deliver news faster than the telegraph.

In the early 20th century, newspapers would sometimes make up entire news stories just to sell more copies

A journalist once tried to interview a parrot that allegedly knew but the bird just kept saying “Polly wants a lawyer.”

During World War II, a newspaper once accidentally printed a crossword puzzle with secret military code words

Before photography, newspapers used trained artists to sketch criminals based on witness descriptions