Noting that while many Americans cannot afford a newspaper, none is unable to edit one, Warner turns from the press’s much-praised mission to its actual practice. He weighs sensationalism, gossip and the growth of local news that Horace Greeley urged on country editors, and asks what a responsible newspaper owes its readers.
A short, witty piece from the co-author with Mark Twain of The Gilded Age, still pertinent to journalism today. Download the free EPUB.