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 opinions of the Advertiser . . . . But it was urged by the " Mercury clique " that he was a Democrat . . . and that he wrote political articles for the Jersey City Standard and other Democratic journals . Therefore he must be ...
... political opinions of the Advertiser . . . . But it was urged by the " Mercury clique " that he was a Democrat . . . and that he wrote political articles for the Jersey City Standard and other Democratic journals . Therefore he must be ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Northernmost of the Border States | 15 |
True Patriotism | 27 |
Copyright | |
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