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

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2. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






18. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






19. 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






20. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






35. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






44. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






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






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






49. Killed Emmett Till






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