According to the writer and columnist of El Fonógrafo, José Rafael Pocaterra, the capital´s edition enjoyed great popularity from the beginning because, unlike other Venezuelan newspapers of the time, El Fonógrafo sympathized with the Allies.
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The newspaper started when the Western World was inspired by the philosophy of Positivism, technological progress, development of modern cities, and innovations like that of Thomas Edison; whose newspaper was named after his invention.
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When World War I started in 1914, Gómez favored the German Empire in the conflict while maintaining a veneer neutrality against the allied community.
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