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1. 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
Frederick Douglass
Charles Coughlin
Samuel Adams
Susan B. Anthony
2. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Richard Harding Davis
Mark Twain
3. Killed Emmett Till
J.W. Milam
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Judith Miller
Joseph McCarthy
4. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life
Mark Twain
Ida B. Wells
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Adolph Ochs
5. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Joseph McCarthy
Edward Bernays
Richard Harding Davis
Ben Bradlee
6. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association
George WAllace
Emmett Till
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
7. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA
George WAllace
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seymour Hersh
Daniel Ellsburg
8. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
Albert Parsons
Morley Safer
Bob Woodward
George WAllace
9. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War
Seymour Hersh
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Samuel Adams
Susan B. Anthony
10. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize
Adolph Ochs
Seymour Hersh
Charles Coughlin
Daniel Ellsburg
11. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism
Albert Parsons
William Randolph Hearst
Frederick Douglass
Samuel Adams
12. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used
Susan B. Anthony
Ida Tarbell
Nellie Bly
Morley Safer
13. Published 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times - RAND corporation
Henry Ford
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Daniel Ellsburg
Thomas Nast
14. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Edward Bernays
Ben Bradlee
William Randolph Hearst
Richard Harding Davis
15. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
Joseph Pulitzer
Morley Safer
William Randolph Hearst
J.W. Milam
16. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Joseph McCarthy
Frederick Douglass
Morley Safer
17. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times
Albert Parsons
Bob Woodward
Adolph Ochs
Morley Safer
18. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used
Joseph Pulitzer
Ida Tarbell
Roy Bryant
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
19. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Samuel Adams
William Lloyd Garrison
George WAllace
Carl Bernstein
20. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times
William Randolph Hearst
Ida B. Wells
Adolph Ochs
Emmett Till
21. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
22. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax
Ida B. Wells
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Daniel Ellsburg
Roy Bryant
23. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize
Samuel Adams
William Randolph Hearst
Seymour Hersh
Nellie Bly
24. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly
Daniel Ellsburg
Morley Safer
Bob Woodward
Richard Harding Davis
25. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines
Ben Bradlee
Mark Twain
Seymour Hersh
William Lloyd Garrison
26. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience
Charles Coughlin
Seymour Hersh
Ben Bradlee
Ida Tarbell
27. 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
Thomas Nast
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
William Randolph Hearst
Ida Tarbell
28. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
George WAllace
Albert Parsons
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
29. Author of comon sense - American Revolution
Nellie Bly
Thomas Paine
J.W. Milam
Frederick Douglass
30. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal
Lucy Stone
Thomas Paine
Seymour Hersh
Roy Bryant
31. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
Ida B. Wells
William Randolph Hearst
William Lloyd Garrison
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
32. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer
Nellie Bly
Frederick Douglass
Lucy Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
33. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine
William Lloyd Garrison
Roy Bryant
Thomas Paine
Ida Tarbell
34. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association
Richard Harding Davis
Lucy Stone
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Susan B. Anthony
35. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional
Bob Woodward
Nellie Bly
J.W. Milam
Mark Twain
36. 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
Edward R. Murrow
Susan B. Anthony
Ida Tarbell
Adolph Ochs
37. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'
Roy Bryant
Richard Harding Davis
Henry Ford
Carl Bernstein
38. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent
Susan B. Anthony
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
Mark Felt
39. 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
Thomas Paine
Mark Twain
Frederick Douglass
William Randolph Hearst
40. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly
George WAllace
Richard Harding Davis
Ben Bradlee
Ida Tarbell
41. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom
Morley Safer
Charles Coughlin
Edward Bernays
William Randolph Hearst
42. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War
Samuel Adams
Adolph Ochs
Emmett Till
Seymour Hersh
43. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional
Thomas Nast
Bob Woodward
Judith Miller
Edward Bernays
44. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon
Judith Miller
Edward Bernays
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Thomas Paine
45. New York World - Investigative Journalism - Tammany Hall - Yellow Journalism
Joseph Pulitzer
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Ben Bradlee
Lucy Stone
46. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent
Samuel Adams
Mark Felt
Charles Coughlin
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
47. Discriminated against Jews in Dearborn Independent - 'The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem'
Henry Ford
Ben Bradlee
Samuel Adams
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
48. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Morley Safer
Joseph McCarthy
Thomas Paine
Nellie Bly
49. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Bob Woodward
Nellie Bly
Carl Bernstein
Ida Tarbell
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
George WAllace
J.W. Milam
Albert Parsons
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman