Minnesota Rag: Corruption, Yellow Journalism, and the Case That Saved Freedom of the Press
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Minnesota Rag: Corruption, Yellow Journalism, and the Case That Saved Freedom of the Press
By (Author) Fred W. Friendly
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
6th May 2003
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations
Publishing and book trade
342.7308530264
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 140mm, Height 203mm, Spine 15mm
Description
Minnesota Rag takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of the seamy underside of a dark period in Minnesota's past, one rife with crooked public officials, vengeful gangsters, and yellow journalists. Featuring notorious characters such as Jay M. Near, racist and antilabor publisher of Minneapolis's Saturday Press, pioneering newsman Fred W. Friendly weaves the tale of a court case that molded our understanding of freedom of the press and set a precedent for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. "Friendly moves us from the ore-dusted brothels of Duluth, Minnesota, to the gothic top of the Chicago Tribune Tower, to the cloistered conference room of the Supreme Court.... Rich and bizarre."
Reviews
"Brings back to life the people and events of the turbulent period in American history that shaped Near v. Minnesota. This book is a useful reminder that many great legal precedents protecting theliberty of us all were won by fighting battles on behalf of reprobates."
