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Media History And Culture People

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






2. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






9. Author of comon sense - American Revolution






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






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






12. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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


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






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






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






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






30. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






32. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






34. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






46. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






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






50. 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