The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt.

• 他是白手起家的百万富翁乔治赫斯特的儿子，他意识到他父亲接受加利福尼亚北部的一份叫旧金山主考官的报纸的印刷来清偿赌债。