Both were Democratic , both took the side of organized labor and immigrants ( unlike publishers like the New York Tribune 's Whitelaw Reid , who blamed their poverty on moral defects ) , and both spent a lot of money making their Sunday publications , which were like weekly magazines , going beyond just daily journalism .
Both were Democratic , both were sympathetic to labor and immigrants ( a sharp contrast to publishers like the New York Tribune 's Whitelaw Reid , who blamed their poverty on moral defects ) , and both invested enormous resources in their Sunday publications , which functioned like weekly magazines , going beyond the normal scope of daily journalism .