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1. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism
Emmett Till
Joseph Pulitzer
Edward Bernays
Henry Ford
2. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation
Edward R. Murrow
Emmett Till
William Randolph Hearst
Daniel Ellsburg
3. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
George WAllace
Morley Safer
Judith Miller
Carl Bernstein
4. African American Chicago boy - brutally murdered in the south - his mother put his body on display after He was killed - open casket
Emmett Till
William Lloyd Garrison
Morley Safer
Edward Bernays
5. Killed Emmett Till
J.W. Milam
Carl Bernstein
Joseph McCarthy
Bob Woodward
6. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience
Charles Coughlin
Richard Harding Davis
Nellie Bly
Lucy Stone
7. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom
Roy Bryant
Edward Bernays
Frederick Douglass
Nellie Bly
8. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Morley Safer
Carl Bernstein
Daniel Ellsburg
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
9. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Nellie Bly
Emmett Till
Henry Ford
10. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal
Morley Safer
Morley Safer
Lucy Stone
George WAllace
11. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Morley Safer
Henry Ford
Edward R. Murrow
Carl Bernstein
12. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Albert Parsons
Mark Felt
Joseph McCarthy
Ida Tarbell
13. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965
Edward R. Murrow
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
George WAllace
Roy Bryant
14. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation
Ida B. Wells
Mark Twain
Daniel Ellsburg
Lucy Stone
15. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer
Ida Tarbell
William Randolph Hearst
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Nellie Bly
16. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times
Charles Coughlin
Ida Tarbell
Richard Harding Davis
Adolph Ochs
17. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional
Daniel Ellsburg
Bob Woodward
Frederick Douglass
Lucy Stone
18. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer
Carl Bernstein
Nellie Bly
Bob Woodward
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
19. 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
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Daniel Ellsburg
Thomas Nast
20. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Emmett Till
Joseph McCarthy
William Lloyd Garrison
21. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Emmett Till
Richard Harding Davis
22. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used
Ida Tarbell
Adolph Ochs
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Seymour Hersh
23. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax
Albert Parsons
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Thomas Nast
Ida B. Wells
24. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War
Joseph Pulitzer
Edward Bernays
Samuel Adams
George WAllace
25. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Joseph McCarthy
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Henry Ford
26. Author of comon sense - American Revolution
Joseph Pulitzer
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Thomas Paine
27. 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
Seymour Hersh
Edward R. Murrow
Carl Bernstein
William Lloyd Garrison
28. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize
Seymour Hersh
Roy Bryant
Ida B. Wells
Henry Ford
29. Author of comon sense - American Revolution
Thomas Paine
Roy Bryant
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
30. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
31. 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
Seymour Hersh
Thomas Nast
Lucy Stone
Adolph Ochs
32. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine
Mark Felt
Lucy Stone
Judith Miller
Roy Bryant
33. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal
Mark Twain
Albert Parsons
Roy Bryant
Lucy Stone
34. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Morley Safer
Bob Woodward
Mark Felt
35. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional
Judith Miller
Bob Woodward
Roy Bryant
Samuel Adams
36. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent
Adolph Ochs
Mark Felt
J.W. Milam
Henry Ford
37. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines
Susan B. Anthony
Mark Felt
Mark Twain
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
38. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War
Lucy Stone
Henry Ford
Samuel Adams
J.W. Milam
39. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Judith Miller
Lucy Stone
Mark Felt
40. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon
Thomas Nast
Mark Twain
Judith Miller
Ida B. Wells
41. 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
Lucy Stone
Roy Bryant
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglass
42. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly
Joseph Pulitzer
Adolph Ochs
Richard Harding Davis
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
43. 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
Seymour Hersh
Ben Bradlee
Edward R. Murrow
Lucy Stone
44. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Richard Harding Davis
Daniel Ellsburg
Judith Miller
Ben Bradlee
45. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Thomas Nast
William Randolph Hearst
Thomas Paine
46. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
Ben Bradlee
Joseph Pulitzer
Carl Bernstein
William Lloyd Garrison
47. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Ben Bradlee
Charles Coughlin
Ida B. Wells
48. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
George WAllace
Richard Harding Davis
Morley Safer
Ida Tarbell
49. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
50. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism
Ida Tarbell
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph McCarthy
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed