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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






15. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






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






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






18. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






19. Killed Emmett Till






20. 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






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






22. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax






23. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon






24. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment






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






26. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Author of comon sense - American Revolution