OCTOBER 1, 1946

Full News Archive

• Headline: Nuremberg Trials: Media Access to Executions. Impact: The presence of correspondents at the executions ensured that the world watched. This led to a future where reality TV became a thing – because if you can watch a trial, why not a live execution? Reality TV stars owe their existence to the Nuremberg trials. Thanks, Nazis!. Fact: The only thing more uncomfortable than watching a live execution? Watching your favorite show get canceled for the umpteenth time..
• Headline: Penn's Ambitious $32 Million Expansion Plan. Impact: This endowment quest started a trend where universities became the ultimate money-making machines, leading to tuition hikes that would leave future students wondering if they’d need to sell a kidney to afford a degree.. Fact: That $32 million is just a drop in the bucket when you realize the university has been charging students the same price for coffee since the 1800s..
• Headline: TITO'S 'PROPAGANDA' STIRS U.S. PROTEST; Note Charges Yugoslavs Make 'Mischievous' Statements and Ignore AMG Rules in Trieste TITO 'PROPAGANDA' STIRS U.S. PROTEST Prior Release Pointed Out. Impact: The back-and-forth propaganda between the U.S. and Yugoslavia led to a long legacy of diplomatic relations being akin to a high school drama – full of rumors, misunderstandings, and drama queens.. Fact: If only they had a social media account back then, they could have just tweeted their grievances instead of sending notes..
• Headline: Germans Haggard Awaiting Fate; Only Goering Can Muster a Smile; The Accused Highly Attentive at Reading of Judgment, Seeking Clues to Verdicts-- New Security Rules Amuse Populace By KATHLEEN McLAUGHLIN Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. Impact: The fate of the Nazis at Nuremberg not only brought justice but also paved the way for international law as we know it today. Ironically, the only thing Goering could muster a smile for was the irony of it all.. Fact: In the end, there was no smiling at the courtroom – unless you count those uncomfortably awkward smiles when someone tells a terrible joke..
• Headline: Forms Sales Organization. Impact: The formation of Eagie Industries Inc led to an avalanche of organizations being formed, resulting in a future where people spend more time in meetings than actually getting things done. Thanks, Eagle Lock Co!. Fact: You know you've hit rock bottom when your sales organization is more about sales meetings than sales..
• Headline: International Tribunal's Summary of Its Judgment on the Actions and Leadership of Nazism; FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. Impact: This landmark judgment established a precedent for holding leaders accountable for war crimes, forever changing the way international law is viewed. Ironically, it also set a benchmark for how to effectively dodge responsibility.. Fact: This verdict was like the ultimate 'gotcha' moment, but instead of a viral video, it was a historical one..
• Headline: U.N. COUNCIL VOTES ON REFUGEES RULES; Russian Bloc Objects to Some Aspects of IRO Charter-- Assembly to Get Problem Midnight Meeting Held Briton Insists Russians Contribute. Impact: The debates and objections within the UN laid the groundwork for the bureaucratic processes that now define international politics – where every issue takes 17 committee meetings to resolve, and nothing ever really gets done.. Fact: Midnight meetings are great if you enjoy the taste of cold coffee and heated arguments about paperwork..
• Headline: L'Osservatore Condemns Trial. Impact: The Vatican's condemnation of the trials only added fuel to the fire of conspiracy theories about secretive dealings and moral high grounds, proving that sometimes the church is just as controversial as the state.. Fact: When the Vatican speaks out, you know it’s serious. But let’s be real: they still have a lot of 'trial' and error when it comes to public relations..
• Headline: Radio Convention Opens To a 'Dead' Microphone. Impact: The dead microphone at the convention became a symbol of uncommunicative technology that would echo through time, foreshadowing the countless times people have spoken into devices that just weren’t listening – sound familiar, Siri?. Fact: Nothing says 'exciting' like a dead microphone. It’s like the universe saying, 'I heard you wanted to listen to radio tech talk, but how about a little silence instead?'.