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Media History And Culture People

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






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






3. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






4. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






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






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






10. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






11. 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






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






13. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






15. 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






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






17. Killed Emmett Till






18. 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






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






20. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






25. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






35. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






37. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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