Who were the Coulters/Limbaughs et al. of previous eras?

[mobo85]

@RealityChuck

Dr. Seuss even did a bunch of hard-hitting political cartoons in the early 40s, but there was a war on. His disdain for Japan and Germany, for those not supporting the war effort was palpable.

Here’s a link to Dr. Seuss’s political cartoons from PM at the University of California-San Diego, which holds all of Seuss’s papers. Most of Seuss’s ire was directed at the America First Commitee, Charles Lindbergh, and American isolationism.

[Shodan]

Do The Daily Worker and Muhammed Speaks count?

Regards,
Shodan

[Paul_in_Qatar]

Will Rogers? Well I was sort of thinking this was about notable political commentators. I did not realize we were discussing rabble-rousers. Sorry about that. Carry on.

[Mr.Moto]

@mobo85

Would Charles Lindbergh count? I know he was a notorious pro-Nazi during the war era.

Lindbergh had many, many faults, but it must be said that he helped the Army Air Forces tremendously after the war began.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

And then, there’s Hearst. Whom I will not comment on.

[Jake]

@mobo85

Here’s a link to Dr. Seuss’s political cartoons from PM at the University of California-San Diego, which holds all of Seuss’s papers. Most of Seuss’s ire was directed at the America First Commitee, Charles Lindbergh, and American isolationism.

Thanks for the link MOBO .The cartoons brought a new insight to me about WWII.

[Governor_Quinn]

Boake Carter (during the 1930s) and Fulton Lewis Jr. (during the late 1940s and 1950s), while not at the level of Pegler, both had levels of controversy surrounding them during their careers as radio commentators.

On the other side of the political divide, Dorothy Thompson and Drew Pearson also had controversial careers in broadcasting.