The Princely Press: Machiavelli On American Journalism

We’ve Got a Union, Now What?

“…91–92, in Hardt, 1995, p. 23). Ironically, he includes American News Guild initiator Heywood Broun in his list of iconic personalities in progressive journalism history that he deplores (McKerns, 1976). Nerone also argues that the history of journalism should include labor history, an omission he attributes to a focus on either norms and practices on one hand or on the role of journalism in society and politics on the other (Nerone, 2021).…”

Pandemics and Politics: Analyzing the politicization and polarization of pandemic-related reporting

“…From the start, American newspapers were highly partisan, and the press’s role in political conflict was both prominent and well-chronicled. After playing a critical role in promoting the American Revolution ( Schlessinger, 1958 ), newspapers—in an era Mott (1962 , cited in McKerns, 1976 , p. 20) referred to as the “dark ages”—went on to serve as the forum for political debates and became exceptionally divided between Federalists (favoring a stronger national government) and Anti-Federalists (favoring a stronger local government), and the pro-Hamilton (favoring a national economic system and industrialization) and pro-Jefferson (favoring localized governance and an agrarian economy) camps.…”

“…This period of “vituperativeness” began to fade after the demise of the Federalist party at the turn of the 19th century and as national unity began to become more established ( McKerns, 1976 , p. 20). Yet the period of decreased partisanship was not to last.…”