Talk:Robert R. McCormick/Archive 1

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"During World War I, footage of McCormick meeting with Tsar Nicholas became the first newsreel footage." - What does this mean?

Spelling reform
Should be something on his attempts at spelling reform: http://www.ericzorn.com/extra/spelling/page2.html, etc. AnonMoos 19:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 07:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Dubious info

 * His elder brother Joseph Medill McCormick (known as Medill McCormick) was slated to take over the family newspaper business but died early.

Sources say Medill lived until 1925, so makes no sense. Not really sourced.


 * He received a law degree from Northwestern University ...

NU's own web site http://www.law.northwestern.edu/news/150anniversary/ says he did not graduate, but a building was built named for him in 1962. So I will add that. W Nowicki (talk) 01:05, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

inconsistencies or errors?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_naval_codes#1942_Chicago_Tribune_incident

I have corrected the spelling and made a link but in a non-interventionist the same as an isolationist and is a matter warranting a section in the codes article not mentioned here ?

G. Robert Shiplett 00:49, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Japanese Naval codes
Why isn't Robert McCormick's page linked to the 1942 Chicago Tribune incident which states, per Wiki, that, In June 1942 the Chicago Tribune, run by isolationist Col. Robert R. McCormick, published an article that implied that the United States had broken the Japanese codes. This was a serious breach of national security. The government at first wanted to prosecute the Tribune under the Espionage Act of 1917. For various reasons, including the desire not to bring more attention to the article, the charges were dropped. [14] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.39.41.2 (talk) 18:58, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Leaking national secrets & military intelligence
Something also needs to be added about McCormick publishing the details of the Administration's highly secret "Victory Plan" (leaked to him by someone in Stimson's office) on 4 Dec 1941 -- large parts of which made their way into Hitler's declaration of war address to the Reichstag a few days later. There were calls at the time for his arrest, but the president declined. Later historians have characterized this arrogantly partisan act as "treacherous."

Immediately following the Battle of Midway the next year, McCormick again exposed national secrets during wartime by publishing exact details of the Japanese order of battle and further details of U.S. actions during the battle. FDR considered having the Tribune closed bown by the Marines and arresting McCormick on charges of treason. Frank Knox talked him out of it and McCormick was instead investigated by a grand jury for having violated the Espionage Act of 1917. McCormick, in other words, was willing to damage Allied actions during the war because of his unreasoning hatred of FDR.

Why is none of this included in this rather fawning article? See Nigel Hamilton especially for details and sources on both incidents. I shall revise this section of the article as soon as I have the time. -- Michael K Smith Talk 20:53, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

August 1 rollover
See. The substantial claims made by the IP editor require secondary sources. Claims made about personal connections are questionable. They may be true but they need to be verified before they are included in the article. ```Buster Seven   Talk  15:58, 1 August 2014 (UTC)