The Weirdo Who Made the First Media Empire
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2023
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There once was a rich man who was so weird they made a movie about him. That movie was Citizen Kane. I am not kidding. This is the story of William Hearst. A early media mogul and absolute weirdo.
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Man this is a wild story, somebody should make a movie about this, it might be a the greatest film since Citizen Kane.
I was going to make a similar joke
That film still holds up !
Yeah, they could call it Mank, or for the kids make a movie out of the newsie strike.😉
It should be “Citizen Cane”
This but unironicly. His actual life story is just as good as "Oppenheimer'" TBH
Eeeeee
Please do the sequel where his granddaughter was kidnapped by a cult, got Stockholm syndrome and started robbing banks. That’s a wild ride.
it wasn’t a cult, it was a self described communist revolutionary group that was immediately denounced by all american communist groups for clearly being dumb.
What’s the name?
@@patrycjadargacz4909patty hearst her wikipieidia article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst
@@patrycjadargacz4909Patty Hearst
oh yeah. i forgor that happened
I love the fact that one of the reasons he hated Citizen Kane was because it portrayed his mother negatively
he had mommy issues
Hell, if a movie was made about my life that portrayed my mom as a cold hearted bitch, I'd hate it too. Tear me down all you want, but leave my mom OUT OF IT!
@@Dr.-Dankreal
@@Game_Hero Honestly no, that's just a dick move.
His mother was just a series of holes, Hearst was in love with her and mad that everyone got to fill her with good except lt him. My great Gandpappy said he hit it and he threw up on her back because the stench of her ass and pussy was so vile. He still finished because back then, men finished the job. He also said that little Willy was hiding in the room beating off but he just ignored him. What a loser.
Hurst has to be one of the most American Americans I’ve ever heard about. I just new he was the newspaper guy, not all of this crazy shit. Him and Teddy truly were two sides of one coin. Credit to this kid’s mom. She always believed in him.
Momma’s boys always have the most…interesting impacts on history
did she believe in him though? he was on an allowance until his fifties
@thespectralking2364 if she didn't he wouldn't _have_ an allowance
Credit to Hearst too, for financially sinking a movie that falsely and negatively portrayed his mom, even though she was already dead.
@@jamesrosewell9081 Maybe she didn't believe in him and the allowance was to give him an edge that he wouldn't attain otherwise.
Fun fact, William Randolph Hearst wasn't just interested in comics, he actually developed a comic obsession when he moved to New York. It's reported that whenever he saw someone draw something that made him laugh, he hired them to draw comics for his papers. Eventually he had so many strips that he couldn't fit them into his papers, and in at least one instance (The New York Evening Journal) he bought a newspaper just to get the rights to a comic strip (The Yellow Kid) since the rights weren't held by the author. Thankfully, as show in the video, the original author came along with his creation.
A similar fervor exists in Roger Penske, a car dealership owner with a fervor for auto racing, retired from racing in his 20s, rapidly grew into owning hundreds of dealerships, an entire truck leasing firm, multiple race tracks, an entire racing series in IndyCar, a Formula 1 team in the 1970s, IndyCar teams, NASCAR teams (two different interations), and sports car teams.
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There was another comic he loved, to the point where when the artist died he forbade it continuing. Look up the history of 'Krazy Kat' and you'll find it was an Evening Journal feature ...
@@Qaiannanow that’s a fun fact.
Hahaha! Your name means "Fox Funny Butt," kind of...
(Sorry. I found your name funny as hell. Couldn't stop chuckling.I got a cold, and I'm all whacked on cough syrup. 😂)
“It sounds slimy, and it was, but hey.”
I’m convinced that’s just journalism in general.
Still better than the multiple falsehoods on social media, where people can straight up lie and face no consequences (such as libel laws).
Yeah, not was has changed really, other than than journalists like to pretend to be respectable these days. They're not of course, but at least they care enough to pretend to be, most of the time.
@@troodon1096it's not the investigative journalists or reporters but the office dwelling glorified bloggers who misrepresent facts, lie by omission and/or create misleading click bait titles knowing full well nobody is reading their 8 pages of filler with the point of the article buried deep within.
What a weird, sad, strangely unfulfilling life. You know what, it would actually make a really good movie about the downsides of wealth and the intense loneliness of billionaires that forces them into a life tof no real connections, instead choosing meanlingless achievements like political gain and lust over self introspection. They could even call it like "Citizen Hearst" to show how these people exist in American society
Yeah, but who would star in it? Maurice LaMarche?
Seemed fulfilling to me, got basically everything he wanted minus being a politician
Says a nameless entity watching a youtube video about the man with meaningless achievements who died decades ago🙄.
@@Lazarus1095
And pay him with Ms Pell’s Fishsticks.
I think he lead a pretty fulfilling life for a nepo baby
You know it’s gonna be a good video when it starts off with a place and time.
You know its gonna be a good video when it starts off
POV: You just clicked on the video and are trying to think of a comment you can write before it gets more views
Ostro
@Ketty_Ketty What does this mean?
@@syrialak101did you ever taste some ............. "CHEEKS" 😏
Being pro-union except for your own company is the progressive version of "I never thought leopards would eat my face"
What do MEAN the orphans are unionising?!
Charles Foster Kane was in many ways an idealized William Randolph Hurst. He was not only rich, but utterly talented at what he put his mind to. He was alas also a prediction of what Orson Welles will become, a insanely talented young man who got bogged down by life at the end.
Ironic. He could portray the pitfalls of being ridiculously wealthy and famous, but not save himself from them…
Anyone want some of Ms Pell’s Fishsticks?
@@warlordofbritannialove The Critic
@@jamesrosewell9081hate the comic
I find it funny that Hearst's problem with the movie that parodied him wasn't because it portrayed _him_ as ambitious and greedy, but because it put Davies in a bad light
And his Mom, can't forget her, now.
A single shred of nobility left within him I suppose. "You can do whatever you want with me, but leave my loved ones out of it"
Reminds me of how the coach of the Oakland Athletics, Billy Beane was livid when the book Money Ball came out. Billy Beane was screaming and cursing at Michael Lewis on the phone because of what was published. Michael thought it was because the Oakland A's would lose their advantage with their new secret methods being revealed, but he didn't care about that. Billy Beane was pissed of at how he was portraited as a vulgar angry man (which he admits was true) because his elderly mother might find out. At a book signing/touring event, an old woman confronted Michael Lewis after the event to say "My son does not talk like that".
Freakonomics did a podcast episode about Money Ball with Michael Lewis for the twentieth anniversary a few months ago.
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He really wasn't a bad guy.
Just extremely strange.
@@alanpennieumm his empire was built on the backs of orphans which he repeatedly undercut
I was surprised that Citizen Kane was on theaters while Hearst was still alive. The producers were definitely ballsy.
Like if someone made a big drama movie about not-Elon Musk today.
A big part of their plan for publicity was that Hearst would get mad at them and do a massive hate campaign against the film in his newspapers
Of course, that didn't really happen and the film underperformed as a result
It’d be like if someone made a movie about Mark Zuckerberg
@assistmans Yeah. Good thing that didn't happen *pushes The Social Network off screen*
Hearst is the definition of throwing money at the problem.
I have him beat. When my house caught fire I fought the fire by literally throwing handfuls of $100 bills at it.
@@matthewhecht9257 Yeah some how I doubt you just have "handfuls" of hundred-dollar bills lying around.
Dude... imagine if Hearst was alive today and found out about Netflix...
He was also the definition of rich scumbag.
Isn't it crazy to be alive when the movie depicting your life comes out? Like damn, it wasn't even his idea to have the movie
Extremely weird.
But everything about his life was weird.
Daves running away into the depths of Mexico for months (presumably shit faced for most of it) and then coming back is so surreal.
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@@warlordofbritannia Giga mistress
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@@warlordofbritannia Theta?
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Oooh, that’s good
Oh, what an interesting scenario.
Imagine if this guy had actually existed? It's impressive how Cody became professional in Alternative History to the point where he make appears that Citizen Kane existed.
The AP American History class I took in high school was a complete joke. In a whole year of high school, not once was this absolute mad lad ever mentioned.
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I just love how the part where this guy orchestrated a prison break in foreign territory is just a foot note to the whole story.
I live on the Californian Central Coast and have actually seen Hearst Castle. I can confirm only a man like Hearst would build the castle itself.
Yeah. I'm from near SF and I've seen the castle while on vacation with family. It's impressive and absolutely ridiculous. Like the man himself, in a way.
"Hearst did not care at all"
You laughing made me laugh even harder.
Also the idea that Welles created a panic that killed people with the War of the Worlds broadcast was Hearst's doing.
An unusual revenge.
@@alanpennie At the time rather than being seen as a compliment to his acting it further damaged his career.
When you said that he got some journalists to go bust some girl outta jail, the first thing that popped into my mind was literal journalists with pens and clipboards breaking someone out of prison. Damn I love this channel
Kane's story is waaaay more sympathetic than Hearst's. Like geez, this guy is a Borderlands villain.
The strange part about Citizen Kane is how Wells depicts Hearst as someone who will die miserable and broke, and in the end it was Wells who slowly decayed and died alone.
Yeah but Hearst never got to play Unicron did he
What a great story. Hope someone makes a movie on this weirdo.
The part about not being invited to the wedding and than still selling the company back for a dollar. Heart of gold that woman. ❤
Wasn't expecting the Hitler twist. This story really has everything.
Wells: "Mr. Hearst, did you see my movie?"
Hearst: "No, I didn't."
Wells: "KANE WOULD'VE SEEN IT. KANE WOULD'VE SEEN. THE. FILM."
I love that this man’s life is so insane and strange that by the time he ends up becoming an ally to Adolf it doesn’t even seem out of the ordinary.
Such a bizarre story that sounds ridiculous yet is totally accurate and true.
It's easy to forget, or get twisted because pf hindsight, that Mustache Man's politics seemed very appropriate and forward-thinking in the 1930s. Much as monarchies had reached their breaking point during the late 1700s, to be replaced by republics, many people saw WW1 and the Depression as showing the limits of republicanism in favor of new ideas like fascism amd communism. If you didn't like the commies then you tended to throw in with Mussolini and Adolf.
Even FDR's New Deal was just a reworked version of Ol' Adolf's plans at revitalizing post-war Germany.
Anyone else find it darkly hilarious that one of the most prestigious prizes in American journalism is named for a man who made his fortune peddling sensationalism and smut?
Nah, that seems pretty standard for history.
Irony can be so ironic sometimes.
"He was in his 30s and she was 16. Christ".
That nicely sums it up.
The only surprise is how long it took him to get to Hollywood
pedo confirmed
following his father's footsteps
First,i love Alternatehistory hub,for 3 things:1 his voice,2 alternate history,3 the fact that he made even other videos like this.
You should probably add “The Real Citizen Kane Part 2” to the title.
Cody: There had to be something sinister afoot.
Me: Oh no
Cody: A threat undermining him and society as a whole.
Me: Oh gods no
Cody: Of course! It was so obvious!
Me: No no no no
Cody: The communists!
Me: *sighs of relief*
Edit: I really need to watch the next 30 seconds of the video before I comment holy fuck
Edit 2: Yes, I know about the whole “cultural Bolshevism” conspiracy theory that the Nazis peddled. However, anti-communist sentiment is not necessarily anti-Semitic. This conspiracy theory is specifically “the Jews are using communism to bring down western civilization and the “Aryan Race””. From what I saw in the video, it seemed more like Hearst thought “communists want to bring down our society”, which is a very different idea that implies Soviet spies more than anything else.
literally my exact same reaction XD
Literally my mind was RACING
NOT THE JEWS!
So everybody thinks about jews
Considering Hearst's... close friendship of [Demonetized] and their views on who the communists were backed by, this feels more like a 'why not both?' situation.
I like how Pulitzer's monocle swaps eyes as if he were Sagat from _Street Fighter._
According to the book, The True Flag, Hearst bought a yacht and patrolled the Straits of Florida to do "one the ground reporting." Once he found a bunch of castaway Spanish naval officers, pulled out a pistol to "capture" them, dropped them off at a naval base, and got a receipt from the military for his POWs which he published in the newspaper.
Hearst was also responsible for demonizing hemp & cannabis in general because the production of hemp paper over traditional timber would hurt Hearst's profits in the paper industry. Hearst is one of the men who helped make cannabis illegal. Let that sink in.
Hearst: “Let’s blame the Maine on Spain.”
So they blamed the Maine on Spain.
I mean... It rhymes
Saw it too. @Alaskan-Armadillo please don't oversimplify the thing.
Finally, the SEQUEL WE NEEDED (and hopefully deserve)
I'm from CA and my family went to Hearst Castle for vacation when I was a kid and I was so confused, I was like "so basically a rich guy collected a bunch of rich guy stuff and then his family sold it off to the state after he died?" And the tour guide basically said "yup."
The Hearst saga continues and it gets even weirder
I love that it is this weird and we haven't even got to what his children and grandchildren would get up to
Hearst corporation still exists if you guys didn't know, they own TV stations and magazines
Citizen Kane does explicitly mention Hearst, he is called by name when compared to Kane as one of the biggest men who ever lived. It's the scene right after the newsreel.
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I snorted at, "Hearst was already well acquainted for many years. They both came from rich families, attended the same college, and generally held the same political views. Hearst knew Teddy Roosevelt."
"And he absolutely hated him."
Hearst was all about throwing money at problems, watching war movies and sipping wine while on a Seine yacht trip
Teddy was all about throwing punches at problems, going to war and chugging whiskey while climbing a swiss mountain
@felixsubakti6907 A Swiss mountain would have been too safe for Teddy.
I am curious if Teddys time as the New York police commissioner and the creation of the police academy to get rid of dirty cops has anything connecting the two
I love how every time the story seems to go somewhere consistent, something immediately bumps it into being wild again. Like its settling down and then BOOM, Hitler
>Small loan from parents
>Has a mistress
>Spends exorbitantly
>Failed businesses
>Builds grand buildings for himself
Sounds a lot like the biography on Trump except the whole never being elected and not being a multi-billionaire
Another difference that Hearst actually did the work, and not just rely on bluster and bravado.
I wonder if he's seen the movie.
Would you ever consider doing a similar biographic-style video about Rupert Murdoch? Considering that his media empire still holds a lot of influence in many countries, it could be a topical video to make, especially in the wake of his recent retirement.
Ohhh. I’m an Aussie too. My dad and I think the Murdochs are messed up.
This is maybe a weird thing to point out, but I just want to say -- the lighting effects in this episode were really good! The 3D effect of light and shadow is a) visually interesting and b) made a cool artistic choice to communicate themes of light-and-dark / the moral complexity of Hearst's business practices
I like how his strategy was to just buy out all of his competition... sounds like a certain game developer company we know today lol
And it reminds me of a certain entertainment company with an affinity for rodents.
microsoft and sony?
@@raptorfromthe6ix833he's talking about EA, second guy is referring to Disney
Sounds like Amazon and Walmart
I'm noticing a pattern here; how about we sum up all of it, mine included?
Sounds like mega corporations.
Nah, that kind of makes it trite and easy to dismiss.
24 minutes in and Cody says "This whole story was weird". Uhh, yeh! 🤣
How brave of Hearst to take on Big Orphan
A vid on if the Sino-Soviet split never happened or was patched up in the 70s would be mega kino
Sup my man
Truly one of the alt history senarios of all time
"Headlines don't sell papes. Newsies sell papes."
What a wild ride that was.
As someone who has toured his manor, he was an interesting man to say the least.
I find it still weird that citizen King bombed when it came out but now is considered one of the top 10 masterpieces of Cinema which is a very goo movie
That does happen quite alot like take Alfred Hitchcocks psycho from 1960 when it was released it was reviewed as a mid level movie and mostly forgotten but now it's a cult classic one of the most famous movies ever made
This was a really interesting man to talk about. I really did enjoy the videos. But still the guys life was just simply asking everyone for money, and when he finally got a huge amount of it, he went on a spending spree. And do you know what I just realized he did the exact same thing as his father with the newspaper, and it worked
Somewhat
*wanted to take credit for the Spanish American War.
*Mother dies of Spanish Flu
We finally got part two. I've been waiting since part one. It was a long one month of waiting. Now I can see it. Yes
Thank you Cody, very nice.
No way I’m so shocked I’m going to crash a ship into an iceberg
I mean, least she loved him at the end. So I'd say he got a happy ending, just didn't realize it. Most women would make a point, and not give the fortune back, but having heard she sold it all for a dollar, does add brightness to humanity. (Also, for thoose who do not know, only way you can transfer something to a person is through an official transaction, which is why she had to sell it for a dollar)
One day Cody should do what if the Roman Empire still stood.
He did, its one of his first videos
@@braydenfarrell1177 Should he remake it?
He did a long time ago
This guy makes Hearst just seem like a totally stoned guy, I love it
I'd love to hear you do the actual story of Ford v Ferrari including the part where Enzo Ferrari might've hired the mob to have Ken Miles killed.
What an interesting, broken, terrifying, obnouxious individual.
If it can be possible, there's a sligthly chance to see you cover the story of Robert Hudges?
I really enjoyed this mini-series. I hope you do some more similar to this, obscure history is fun.
Man, your alternate histories are always so wild!
Ah yes more irl Citizen Kane content love it
What if the Treaty of San Stefano was implemented
I did a production of Newsies the musical recently and it’s great to finally get more background info on it.
I am a big fan of your content and I can really see how it has evolved and progressed over the years. Excellent job on the video
I love ur content, it’s been getting really good this past year. Ur other channel is awesome too.
Love this kind of content from you please keep it going ❤
Been waiting for the story and it didn’t disappoint
love your content man!❤️
This dude seriously developed a parasocial relationship with a president and then got offended on a personal level when said-president did what he said he was going to do.
I actually went the Hearst Castle and thought it was just some rich guy who built some castle in the middle of nowhere. They actually don’t really talk about the man when you visit the castle just the expensive things that he bought.
This is going to be very interesting, part 1 was great!
Man I loved these 2 videos you did on herst keep up the good work man
HIS DAD FOUNDED MY HOMETOWN! We have a library named after them!
Quick edit: Cody, please, please cover George Hearst's life.
Great video as usual 👍🏻
Never seen a guy go from "neat" to "a bit much" to "yikes" like that, incredible.
That was one hell of a fever dream.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Dude I love how you do your videos!
Interesting Info. His zebras are still there today. As a kid I stayed in a motel in San Simeon where you can see his castle so you can see the zebras running around
Love the animation! 👍😅😂 seriously😁
I can't wait for the third part! :o)
I love this story so much, a lot of drama is what I live for
Loved this alternative history.
the fact that his mom died of the spainish flu is sad yet karmatic irony
Question, what if the western allies in WW2 (US, UK, and France) got to Berlin before the Soviets?
Yeah this is good content. I really like these videos. Can't wait to see the next weird history video
Hey Cody, long time subscriber here. I love these new videos but I do miss the alternate history parts. Keep doing you though man we will love whatever you decide to cover!
26 seconds and im already loving it
Love the animation style 🎉
It's a good day when a new Alternate History Hub video pops up on my feed
Your animation is getting a lot better👌