The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism; Evidence and Reasons Behind the Media's Corruption

by Upton Sinclair

Book Overview

Turning his muckraking talents to journalism itself, Upton Sinclair exposes a variety of the news media's ingrained biases and its agenda-serving corruption. Upton Sinclair became famous for exposing filthy and inhumane conditions in the American meat packing industry at the turn of the 20th century. Following these revelations, new laws were made protecting factory workers and their conditions. Sinclair afterwards became a figure for condemnation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0359746497
• ISBN13: 9780359746491
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"