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1. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star






2. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon






3. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate






4. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience






5. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






6. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional






7. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A






8. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used






9. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times






10. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional






11. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly






12. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA






13. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine






14. Radio journalist - CBS partner with Fred Friendly and made 'Hear it Now' and 'see it now' covered racial integration and the Korean war - combated anti-communism - did a report on Joseph McCarthy






15. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism






16. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






17. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine






18. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used






19. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly






20. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation






21. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer






22. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon






23. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate






24. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association






25. African American Chicago boy - brutally murdered in the south - his mother put his body on display after He was killed - open casket






26. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism






27. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






28. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






29. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association






30. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent






31. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom






32. African American Chicago boy - brutally murdered in the south - his mother put his body on display after He was killed - open casket






33. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist






34. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist






35. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism






36. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War






37. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom






38. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism






39. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A






40. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






41. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat

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42. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






43. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'






44. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life






45. Killed Emmett Till






46. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






47. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life






48. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico






49. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






50. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent






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