THE BRASS CHECK: A Study of American Journalism
The Biggest Exposé on Sensational Media Coverage and Unethical Journalism in USA (From the Renowned Author, Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner)By Upton Sinclair
Length20h 23m
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Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism. By extension, the term yellow journalism is used today as a pejorative to decry any journalism that treats news in an unprofessional or unethical fashion. In 1919, Upton Sinclair published "The Brass Check", a muckraking exposé of American journalism that publicized the issue of yellow journalism and the limitations of the "free press" in the United States. Four years after publication of The Brass Check, the first code of ethics for journalists was created.
Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) was an American author who wrote books in many genres, but in all of them advocating for the moral ethics, better life style for the working people and social justice. Writing during the Progressive Era, Sinclair describes the world of industrialized America from both the working man's point of view and the industrialist. He has also won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.
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Table of contents
1THE BRASS CHECK: A Study of American Journalism
39Book 2: The Explanation
2A Letter for the Time
40XXXV. The Causes of Things
3Author’s Note
41XXXVI. The Empire of Business
4Book 1: The Evidence
42XXXVII. The Dregs of the Cup
5I. The Story of the Brass Check
43XXXVIII. Owning the Press
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6II. The Story of a Poet
44XXXIX. The War-Makers
7III. Open Sesame!
45XL. Owning the Owners
8IV. The Real Fight
46XLI. The Owner in Politics
9V. The Condemned Meat Industry
47XLII. Owning the Associated Press
10VI. An Adventure with Roosevelt
48XLIII. The Owner and His Advertisers
11VII. Jackals and a Carcase
49XLIV. The Advertising Boycott
12VIII. The Last Act
50XLV. The Advertising Ecstasy
13IX. Aiming at the Public's Heart
51XLVI. The Bribe Direct
14X. A Voice from Russia
52XLVII. The Bribe Wholesale
15XI. A Venture in Co-operation
53XLVIII. Poison Ivy
16XII. The Village Horse-Doctor
54XLIX. The Elbert Hubbard Worm
17XIII. In High Society
55L. The Press and Public Welfare
18XIV. The Great Panic
56LI. The Press and the Radicals
19XV. Shredded Wheat Biscuit
57LII. The Press and the Socialists
20XVI. An Interview on Marriage
58LIII. The Press and Sex
21XVII. 'Gaming' on the Sabbath
59LIV. The Press and Crime
22XVIII. An Essential Monogamist
60LV. The Press and Jack London
23XIX. In the Lion's Den
61LVI. The Press and Labor
24XX. The Story of a Lynching
62LVII. The Associated Press and Labor
25XXI. Journalism and Burglary
63LVIII. 'Poisoned at the Source'
26XXII. A Millionaire and an Author
64LIX. The Press and the War
27XXIII. The 'Heart-Wife'
65LX. The Case of Russia
28XXIV. The Mourning Pickets
66LXI. 'Bolshevism' in America
29XXV. The Case of the Associated Press
67Book 3: The Remedy
30XXVI. A Governor and His Lie
68LXII. Cutting the Tiger Claws
31XXVII. The Associated Press at the Bar
69LXIII. The Mental Munition-Factory
32XXVIII. The Associated Press and Its Newspapers
70LXIV. The Problem of the Reporter
33XXIX. The Scandal-Bureau
71LXV. The Press Set Free
34XXX. The Concrete Wall
72LXVI. A Frame-up That Fell Down ---
35XXXI. Making Bomb-Makers
73Conclusion
36XXXII. The Roof-Garden of the World
74A Practical Program
37XXXIII. A Fountain of Poison
75Bonus
38XXXIV. The Daily Cat-and-Dog Fight ---
76The Crimes of the "Times": A Test of Newspaper Decency"
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