Foreword / by Robert Jensen -- Introduction: Press Criticism and the Progressive Era -- Charles Edward Russell -- Who Controls the Newspaper? -- Public Opinion and the Public Lecture Circuit -- Advertising Campaigns and National Consumer Culture -- Moorfield Storey -- Oswald Garrison Villard, The Nation & Atlantic Monthly -- Threats to a Free Press: Media Consolidation and Censorship -- Propaganda and the Rise of Public Relations
Summary
"An historical look at criticism of the mainstream press during the Progressive Era, consisting of original articles from the time and context-providing essays"--Provided by publisher
