The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism
Upton Sinclair
480 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0252071107
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Language: English
Publish: 1037606400000
20th CenturyAmerican HistoryBusinessClassicsEducationHistoryJournalismNonfictionPoliticsWriting
States that American journalism is a class institution serving the rich and spurning the poor. This title likens journalists to prostitutes and the title of the book refers to a chit that was issued to patrons of urban brothels of the era. It presents a critique of the structural basis of US media.