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1. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






2. 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






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






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






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






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


7. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






25. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






29. 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






30. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






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






45. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






46. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






47. 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






48. 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






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






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