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






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






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






4. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






5. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965






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

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






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






9. 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






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






11. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines






12. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines






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






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






15. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize






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






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






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






25. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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

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






28. 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






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






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






31. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal






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






33. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize






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






35. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal






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






37. Killed Emmett Till






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






43. 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






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






45. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






46. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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