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| | AEJMC Archives -- September 2002, week 3 (#33) |
 | | Cooper stated, "what the press agent has to tell about his circus is news, and his utterances are usually interesting, even if exaggerated."[35] Julian Ralph, a reporter for the New York Sun, recalled first encountering a large publicity apparatus while covering a world's fair in 1893. |
 | | Another reporter was criticized for accepting a golden-headed cane from a politician, a gold watch from a lawyer, and a weekly salary and free passes from the owner of a theater.[49] As noted by many authors, the activity of bribing reporters became widespread. |
 | | As a beginner in 1912, Miller covered a police court in Chicago's most disreputable section and said: Every morning the court was jammed, and the cases dealt with almost every kind of human malfeasance - prostitution, perversion, sluggings, stabbings, shootings, burglary, dope addiction, razor fights, and hatchet killings. |
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