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






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


3. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






4. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Killed Emmett Till






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






46. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






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






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