Outrage, Passion & Uncommon Sense: How Editorial Writers Have Taken on the Great American Issues of the Past 150 YearsMining newspaper files and the deep archives and journalistic expertise of the Newseum, an interactive museum of news located in Washington, D.C., Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense examines decisive issues and events in U.S. history through the nation's editorial pages. Approximately fifty editorials are reprinted here on topics ranging from suffrage and race to war and politics--even Christmas--with probing analysis by Gartner. "Editorials are the soul of the newspaper," Gartner says in the book's introduction. "Maybe the heart and the soul. And, on a good newspaper that knows and understands and loves its hometown, or its home country, the editorial is the heart and the soul of the town, or the nation, as well." Readers will also see a visual account of the era through two-color illustrations, showcasing editorial cartoons, photographs and typographic details from period newspapers. Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense is a vital, significant collection that portrays the undeniable influence one editorial can have on this country in some of its most difficult times. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 12 |
CHAPTER | 25 |
REPORTER MR GANNETT FORGETS A PRIME RULE | 31 |
JOURNAL DEFENDS THE RING The New York Times July | 37 |
Maine American March 1 1979 | 43 |
THE FATAL FRIDAY The Chicago Press and Tribune Dec | 52 |
THE LOGIC OF THE BATTLEFIELD The Wall Street Journal | 63 |
THE BEAST IS DEAD The Nashville Daily American Jan | 72 |
Jesse Owens PICTURE Greenville Miss Delta Star July | 94 |
PRAYER OF TWENTY MILLIONS New York Daily Tribune | 104 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 113 |
WHATS THE MATTER WITH KANSAS? The Emporia Daily | 131 |
CHAPTER | 139 |
WARTIME CHRISTMAS The New York Times Dec 25 1941 | 145 |
AFTERWORD 202 | 164 |
SPEECH ITS A BUSINESS ITS STILL ILLEGAL The Ames | 199 |