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Scandal and Civility - Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy (Paperback)
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Scandal and Civility - Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy (Paperback)
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A new breed of journalists came to the fore in post-revolutionary
America--fiercely partisan, highly ideological, and possessed of a
bold sense of vocation and purpose as they entered the fray of
political debate. Often condemned by latter-day historians and
widely seen in their own time as a threat to public and personal
civility, these colorful figures emerge in this provocative new
book as the era's most important agents of political democracy.
Through incisive portraits of the most influential journalists of
the 1790s--William Cobbett, Benjamin Franklin Bache, Philip
Freneau, Noah Webster, John Fenno, and William Duane--Scandal and
Civility moves beyond the usual cast of "revolutionary brothers"
and "founding fathers" to offer a fresh perspective on a seemingly
familiar story. Marcus Daniel demonstrates how partisan
journalists, both Federalist and Democratic-Republican, were
instrumental in igniting and expanding vital debates over the
character of political leaders, the nature of representative
government, and, ultimately, the role of the free press itself.
Their rejection of civility and self-restraint--not even icons like
George Washington were spared their satirical skewerings--earned
these men the label "peddlers of scurrility." Yet, as Daniel shows,
by breaking with earlier conceptions of "impartial" journalism,
they challenged the elite dominance of political discourse and
helped fuel the enormous political creativity of the early
republic.
Daniel's nuanced and penetrating narrative captures this key period
of American history in all its contentious complexity. And in
today's climate, when many decry media "excesses" and the
relentlessly partisan and personal character of political debate,
his book is a timely reminder that discord and difference were
essential to the very creation of our political culture.
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