For the Glory of the Union: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Civil War New JerseyFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 - 231 pages American newspapers during the War Between the States were intensely partisan and reported the war news with strong biases. This intriguing study in the manipulation of the news follows the account of the military adventures of the Twenty-Sixth New Jersey Infantry, a nine-month volunteer regiment raised in and around Newark. |
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... political opinion . By 1860 there were some 370 dailies in the United States with a combined circulation in the mil- lions . Most were political papers in the sense that they were either controlled or subsidized by the parties , or ...
... political opinion . By 1860 there were some 370 dailies in the United States with a combined circulation in the mil- lions . Most were political papers in the sense that they were either controlled or subsidized by the parties , or ...
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... political . ” He lost battles , said the paper , only by the " treachery , cowardice or ignorance of . . . subordinates . ” 2 + By the same token Copperhead editors gloried in the superior courage and generalship of the rebel troops who ...
... political . ” He lost battles , said the paper , only by the " treachery , cowardice or ignorance of . . . subordinates . ” 2 + By the same token Copperhead editors gloried in the superior courage and generalship of the rebel troops who ...
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... political writer for the New York Tribune . No sooner had it established itself than the Mercury pitched into battle with the Democratic Eagle . Robinson and the editor of the Eagle , Charles K. Bishop , a South Carolina native ...
... political writer for the New York Tribune . No sooner had it established itself than the Mercury pitched into battle with the Democratic Eagle . Robinson and the editor of the Eagle , Charles K. Bishop , a South Carolina native ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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