Post by account_disabled on Feb 19, 2024 23:36:54 GMT -6
Countries with a reputation for seriousness like Germany and the United Kingdom have a peculiarity that we do not have in Spain. The newspapers with the largest circulation in both countries are purely sensationalist . The British The Sun or the German Der Bild have a distribution that the general press would like.
At this time, in Spain there is no newspaper of these characteristics. At the beginning of the 90s, the newspaper Claro was published , but it was only on newsstands for Fax Lists a few months. That does not mean that in Spain there have not been publications that have flagged the scandal or that showed society its darkest side .
On May 11, 1952, the weekly El Caso took to the streets , founded by the journalist, businessman and writer Eugenio Suárez Gómez along with several reporters from the Madrid newspaper . Its first issue cost two pesetas and 10,000 copies were printed.
Commemorative issue of the 60th anniversary of 'El Caso' that includes the design of the first issue of the weekly. (Photo: Valencia Plaza)
This weekly specialized in news of events, to the point that those who denigrated the publication said that its pages were dripping with blood . Its black and white covers, with red as the only color detail, had a great impact on a society that showed great interest in this type of information, but had nowhere to read it.
Eugenio Suárez had to do a real juggling act to carry out the publication , especially in the early days. It was the Spain of autarky, lack of basic products and international isolation. The Spanish had enough, the regime must have thought, which developed a policy of “nothing happens here.” To ensure that this was the case, only information provided by the General Directorate of Security was allowed to be published.
However, Suárez obtained authorization to publish El Caso arguing that he did so to disseminate culture, Spanish and national values. In addition, it was intended to demonstrate that criminals never win and the great capacity of the police and judges when it comes to combating crime. In theory, two events chosen by the regime could be collected, which only allowed the publication of one murder per issue. This did not prevent the circulation of the publication from increasing week by week significantly until reaching an average of 100,000 copies in a short time.
At this time, in Spain there is no newspaper of these characteristics. At the beginning of the 90s, the newspaper Claro was published , but it was only on newsstands for Fax Lists a few months. That does not mean that in Spain there have not been publications that have flagged the scandal or that showed society its darkest side .
On May 11, 1952, the weekly El Caso took to the streets , founded by the journalist, businessman and writer Eugenio Suárez Gómez along with several reporters from the Madrid newspaper . Its first issue cost two pesetas and 10,000 copies were printed.
Commemorative issue of the 60th anniversary of 'El Caso' that includes the design of the first issue of the weekly. (Photo: Valencia Plaza)
This weekly specialized in news of events, to the point that those who denigrated the publication said that its pages were dripping with blood . Its black and white covers, with red as the only color detail, had a great impact on a society that showed great interest in this type of information, but had nowhere to read it.
Eugenio Suárez had to do a real juggling act to carry out the publication , especially in the early days. It was the Spain of autarky, lack of basic products and international isolation. The Spanish had enough, the regime must have thought, which developed a policy of “nothing happens here.” To ensure that this was the case, only information provided by the General Directorate of Security was allowed to be published.
However, Suárez obtained authorization to publish El Caso arguing that he did so to disseminate culture, Spanish and national values. In addition, it was intended to demonstrate that criminals never win and the great capacity of the police and judges when it comes to combating crime. In theory, two events chosen by the regime could be collected, which only allowed the publication of one murder per issue. This did not prevent the circulation of the publication from increasing week by week significantly until reaching an average of 100,000 copies in a short time.