The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism by Upton Sinclair
"The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism" by Upton Sinclair is a muckraking exposé published in 1919. Sinclair investigates how American newspapers and wire services serve the financial interests of their owners rather than the public truth. Drawing from personal experience and documented cases, he reveals how journalists fabricate stories, suppress Socialist causes, and spread misinformation. The book proposes radical remedies including legal reforms and unionization. Sinclair called it his most
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| Author | Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Rolland, Romain, 1866-1944 |
| Title | The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brass_Check |
| Contents | A letter for the time -- Introductory -- The story of the brass check -- The story of a poet -- Open sesame! -- The real fight -- The condemned meat industry -- An adventure with Roosevelt -- Jackals and a carcase -- The last act -- Aiming at the public's heart -- A voice from Russia -- A venture in co-operation -- The village horse-doctor -- In high society -- The great panic -- Shredded wheat biscuit -- An interview on marriage -- "Gaming" on the Sabbath -- An essential monogamist -- In the lion's den -- The story of a lynching -- Journalism and burglary -- A millionaire and an author -- The "heart-wife" -- The mourning pickets -- The case of the Associated Press -- A governor and his lie -- The Associated Press at the bar -- The Associated Press and its newspapers -- The scandal-bureau -- The concrete wall -- Making bomb-makers -- The roof-garden of the world -- A fountain of poison -- The daily cat-and-dog fight -- The causes of things -- The empire of business -- The dregs of the cup -- Owning the press -- The war-makers -- Owning the owners -- The owner in politics -- Owning the Associated Press -- The owner and his advertisers -- The advertising boycott -- The advertising ecstasy -- The bribe direct -- The bribe wholesale -- Poison ivy -- The Elbert Hubbard worm -- The press and public welfare -- The press and the radicals -- The press and the Socialists -- The press and sex -- The press and crime -- The press and Jack London -- The press and labor -- The Associated Press and labor -- "Poisoned at the source" -- The press and the war -- The case of Russia -- "Bolshevism" in America -- Cutting the tiger's claws -- The mental munition-factory -- The problem of the reporter -- The press set free -- A frame-up that fell down -- Conclusion -- A practical program -- Publisher's note. |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| Subject | Journalism -- United States |
| Subject | Associated Press |
| Subject | Press -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 64657 |
| Release Date | Feb 28, 2021 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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