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Jerry Springer may have perfected the art of chasing ratings, but his predecessors laid the groundwork

  • Written by Donna L. Halper, Associate Professor of Communication, Lesley University
Jerry Springer may have perfected the art of chasing ratings, but his predecessors laid the groundworkJerry Springer was the ringmaster of a trashy but very successful circus. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

In a widely quoted New York Times column, the paper of record called his TV program “an electronic peepshow.” The Times’ media critic, Jack Gould, accused him of “making a commercial virtue of cheap sensationalism” and...

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