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Media History And Culture People

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






15. Killed Emmett Till






16. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






20. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






24. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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

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33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






47. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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