19th Century News Articles

This paper will critique two 19th century newspaper articles for their objectivity. The articles chosen were "The Credit Mobilier," in The Edwardsville, and "The Gold Ring," in The New York Herald. Both articles would, in today's media, be considered rather one-sided opinion pieces rather than strict works of objective journalism.

"The Credit Mobilier" is as far from objectivity as it is possible to get. One of the subtitles of the story, which concerns a questionable stock deal in which investors were to profit greatly at the taxpayer's expense, tells the whole story and reveals the lack of objectivity: "Honor Among Thieves in Congress." The article begins with a strident quote that i

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