| PART I |
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| THE EVIDENCE |
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| I. | The Story of the Brass Check | [13] |
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| II. | The Story of a Poet | [17] |
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| III. | Open Sesame! | [22] |
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| IV. | The Real Fight | [27] |
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| V. | The Condemned Meat Industry | [32] |
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| VI. | An Adventure with Roosevelt | [39] |
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| VII. | Jackals and a Carcase | [45] |
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| VIII. | The Last Act | [50] |
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| IX. | Aiming at the Public’s Heart | [55] |
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| X. | A Voice from Russia | [58] |
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| XI. | A Venture in Co-operation | [62] |
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| XII. | The Village Horse-Doctor | [68] |
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| XIII. | In High Society | [74] |
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| XIV. | The Great Panic | [80] |
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| XV. | Shredded Wheat Biscuit | [86] |
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| XVI. | An Interview on Marriage | [90] |
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| XVII. | “Gaming” on the Sabbath | [97] |
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| XVIII. | An Essential Monogamist | [102] |
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| XIX. | In the Lion’s Den | [110] |
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| XX. | The Story of a Lynching | [114] |
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| XXI. | Journalism and Burglary | [121] |
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| XXII. | A Millionaire and an Author | [125] |
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| XXIII. | The “Heart-Wife” | [130] |
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| XXIV. | The Mourning Pickets | [142] |
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| XXV. | The Case of the Associated Press | [150] |
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| XXVI. | A Governor and His Lie | [154] |
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| XXVII. | The Associated Press at the Bar | [165] |
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| XXVIII. | The Associated Press and Its Newspapers | [169] |
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| XXIX. | The Scandal-Bureau | [176] |
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| XXX. | The Concrete Wall | [184] |
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| XXXI. | Making Bomb-Makers | [191] |
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| XXXII. | The Roof-Garden of the World | [197] |
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| XXXIII. | A Fountain of Poison | [202] |
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| XXXIV. | The Daily Cat-and-Dog Fight | [213] |
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| PART II |
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| THE EXPLANATION |
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| XXXV. | The Causes of Things | [221] |
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| XXXVI. | The Empire of Business | [228] |
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| XXXVII. | The Dregs of the Cup | [237] |
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| XXXVIII. | Owning the Press | [241] |
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| XXXIX. | The War-Makers | [250] |
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| XL. | Owning the Owners | [258] |
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| XLI. | The Owner in Politics | [263] |
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| XLII. | Owning the Associated Press | [271] |
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| XLIII. | The Owner and His Advertisers | [282] |
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| XLIV. | The Advertising Boycott | [289] |
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| XLV. | The Advertising Ecstasy | [295] |
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| XLVI. | The Bribe Direct | [300] |
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| XLVII. | The Bribe Wholesale | [307] |
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| XLVIII. | Poison Ivy | [311] |
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| XLIX. | The Elbert Hubbard Worm | [314] |
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| L. | The Press and Public Welfare | [318] |
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| LI. | The Press and the Radicals | [323] |
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| LII. | The Press and the Socialists | [327] |
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| LIII. | The Press and Sex | [332] |
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| LIV. | The Press and Crime | [337] |
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| LV. | The Press and Jack London | [341] |
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| LVI. | The Press and Labor | [346] |
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| LVII. | The Associated Press and Labor | [353] |
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| LVIII. | “Poisoned at the Source” | [362] |
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| LIX. | The Press and the War | [377] |
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| LX. | The Case of Russia | [385] |
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| LXI. | “Bolshevism” in America | [395] |
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| PART III |
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| THE REMEDY |
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| LXII. | Cutting the Tiger’s Claws | [403] |
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| LXIII. | The Mental Munition-Factory | [408] |
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| LXIV. | The Problem of the Reporter | [415] |
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| LXV. | The Press Set Free | [421] |
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| LXVI. | A Frame-up That Fell Down | [429] |
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| Conclusion | [436] |
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| A Practical Program | [438] |
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| Publisher’s Note | [443] |