A newspaper so powerful it could make or break anyone. Until its own scandals destroyed it. Discover the rise and shocking fall of masters of sensation.

In this episode of the Media History Podcast, we trace the 168-year journey of News of the World, the British Sunday paper that defined tabloid journalism. From its 19th-century motto “Fearless advocacy of the truth” to its descent into checkbook journalism, it’s a story of ambition, power, and ethical collapse.

You’ll see how it captured Britain’s obsession with crime, scandal, and celebrity, how Winston Churchill used its pages to challenge Hitler, and how Rupert Murdoch later turned controversy into a business model. But when the pursuit of exclusives crossed the line into phone-hacking, everything changed. This story reveals how one newspaper’s hunger for sensation mirrored our own, and why its downfall still matters for journalism today.

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