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






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. 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






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






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






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






7. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






9. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






10. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






14. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






43. Killed Emmett Till






44. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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


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






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






48. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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