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Newspapers and the value of public info in Ohio
A lengthy republication discusses Squire Jenkins’s claim that dissemination of information cannot rely on newspapers. It contrasts Tocqueville and the printer’s challenges, notes how newspapers speed news to distant cities, and reflects on the economics and ethics of print publishing, urging steady, honest reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Jenkins
General Assembly of
Ohio
Columbiana
House of Representatives
Gov. Shannon
M. de Tocqueville
America
Squire Jenks
American Congress
No. 1
London
Cincinnati
Cowen
Reading Maker
Adverente
Ava Gost
Courier
Maine
Toby
Philadelphia
Eliza Huntly
Eliza
Walnut Street
Zrenton Emporium
Exe
Mars
Crispin
Lapstone
Morgan
Ays
Lafayette
Cornwallis
Virginia
North Carolina
Yorktown
Sparks
Barber
New Jersey
James River
Lord Cornwallis
Tarleton
General Lafayette