Scanlan's Monthly
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Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived American countercultural magazine from the late 1960s–early 1970s known for its radical political journalism and association with writers like Hunter S. Thompson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scanlan's Monthly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6067668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scanlan's Monthly Context triple: [Hunter S. Thompson, employer, Scanlan's Monthly]
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A.
McClure's Magazine
McClure's Magazine was an influential American monthly periodical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for its pioneering muckraking investigative journalism and literary contributions.
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B.
The Vidette
The Vidette is the student-run newspaper serving the Illinois State University community with campus news, features, and opinion content.
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C.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
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D.
Overland Monthly
Overland Monthly was a 19th-century San Francisco-based literary magazine known for publishing Western American literature and helping launch the career of writers like Bret Harte.
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E.
All-Story Weekly
All-Story Weekly was an early 20th-century American pulp fiction magazine known for publishing popular adventure and genre stories, including the debut of Zorro.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scanlan's Monthly Target entity description: Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived American countercultural magazine from the late 1960s–early 1970s known for its radical political journalism and association with writers like Hunter S. Thompson.
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A.
McClure's Magazine
McClure's Magazine was an influential American monthly periodical of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for its pioneering muckraking investigative journalism and literary contributions.
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B.
The Vidette
The Vidette is the student-run newspaper serving the Illinois State University community with campus news, features, and opinion content.
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C.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
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D.
Overland Monthly
Overland Monthly was a 19th-century San Francisco-based literary magazine known for publishing Western American literature and helping launch the career of writers like Bret Harte.
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E.
All-Story Weekly
All-Story Weekly was an early 20th-century American pulp fiction magazine known for publishing popular adventure and genre stories, including the debut of Zorro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
countercultural magazine
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magazine ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | American counterculture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor |
Sidney Zion
NERFINISHED
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Warren Hinckle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | monthly periodical ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
ⓘ
political journalism ⓘ satirical magazine ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableContributor |
Hunter S. Thompson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ralph Steadman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkPublished | The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
left-wing
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radical ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1971 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher | Scanlan's Literary House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability |
early platform for gonzo journalism
ⓘ
radical political journalism ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
U.S. politics
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Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ government corruption ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1960s–early 1970s counterculture era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scanlan's Monthly Description of subject: Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived American countercultural magazine from the late 1960s–early 1970s known for its radical political journalism and association with writers like Hunter S. Thompson.
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