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Media History And Culture People

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1. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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

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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Killed Emmett Till






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






16. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






24. 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






25. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






27. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






49. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






50. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment