Press Gang Newspapers and Politics, 1865-1878

Name: Press Gang Newspapers and Politics, 1865-1878
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ISBN: 9780807844465

ISBN-10: 0807844462

ISBN-13: 9780807844465

Edition: 1994

Authors: Mark Wahlgren Summers

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Relations between the press and politicians in modern America have always been contentious. In The Press Gang, Mark Summers tells the story of the first skirmishes in this ongoing battle. Following the Civil War, independent newspapers began to separate themselves from partisan control and assert direct political influence. The first investigative journalists uncovered genuine scandals such as those involving the Tweed Ring, but their standard practices were often sensational, as editors and reporters made their reputations by destroying political figures, not by carefully uncovering the facts. Objectivity as a professional standard scarcely existed. Considering more than ninety different…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/24/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Reporters' Initials & Pseudonyms


Introduction



The Lords Of The Linotype



Wonderful! Wonderful!



I Want to Give Those Fellows Hell!



Organs Out of Tune



I Am the Paper! the Independents



All The News That Fits



Despotism Tempered by Assassination



a General System of Exchange, Or, a D--D Bad Beat



Mr. Striker Goes to Washington



the Capital Offenses of Donn Piatt



News Management Made Easy



a Beautiful Smiler Came in Our Midst



a Little Attention from James A. Garfield



the Silent Smoker in the Hands of the Foe



News In Need Of Reconstruction



a Perfect Hell the Southern Road to Pike's Pique



carpetbagger Chronicles



an Extraordinary State of Affairs at Vicksburg



The Breakup Of The Press Gang, 1872-1877



the Worst Thing Yet! 1872



the Wild Animals Loose the Panic of 1874



James G. Blaine Beats the Rap



the Hayesociated Press


Epilogue Final Edition


Notes


Bibliography Newspapers, Magazines, and Manuscript Collections


Index