Newspaperman Ramsavelt and the source protection principle
A 1812 case saw Nathanial Ramsavelt jailed for refusing to reveal his source, shaping the duty to protect reporters. The first American newspaper was shut down for gossip about the French king. Heywood Broun challenged Huey Long with sharp satire, prompting a tense exchange over truth and censorship.
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Nathanial Ramsavelt
France
Heywood Broun
Huey Long
Huey
Half the Town Council Are Crooks and Not Crooks
A century ago press whimsy shows a ga zette at odds with the council and editors taking a lorgnette view of news. The piece recalls Bennett and Pulitzer era journalism, noting aggressive reporting shaped public opinion and even drove a family to leave the country. The column also publishes speculation on Hitler in Patagonia and emerging peace feelers with Japan.
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Small Town Gazette
Gazette
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Europe
America
Joseph Pulitzer
N. Y. World
Pulitzer
Republic
Hitler
Argentina
Stalingrad
Tunisia
San Francisco
Nelson Rockefeller
Jimmy Dunn
Robert Kempner
Lansdowne
Kempner
U. S
Burma
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Japan
South Pacific
High Command
China
Labor monopoly danger and advertising defense outlined
The piece argues that labor has become a dangerous monopoly threatening public rights and calls for accountability and contract enforcement. It urges responsible union behavior, potential legislation, and broader public oversight while contrasting unions with railroad labor and noting the need for financial penalties for contract breaches. It then defends advertising as a price reducer and productivity booster, crediting Tugwell and warning against state socialism and Nazism.
The Real Life of Foreign Correspondents
A London based British correspondent O D Gallagher traveled 100000 miles over three years dodging bombs and bullets. Reporters face peril and little reward while following presidents like Wilson who sacrifice for ideals as newsmen publicly weep during his world peace plea.
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Hollywood
O. D. Gallagher
Wilson
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Patagonia
Eva Braun
Germany
Grew
Chiefs of Staff
Korea
Manchuria
Joe Grew
Army
Navy
Hirohito
State Department
Will Clayton
Dean Acheson
Luzon
MacArthur
Wright A Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Organized Labor
Congress
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
United States
Suzette Lamoreaux
Elinor Offenbach
USS Santa Fe
Pacific
South China Sea
Vienna
Petain
Marshal Henri Petain
Palais de Justice
Paris
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Austria
David Palowsky
Chicago
Red Cross
Betty Ann Goit
Philadelphia
England
Lawman
Cpl. W. W. Horton
New York State