The Difficult Birth Of Modern American Journalism

The Difficult Birth Of Modern American Journalism (NAPSA)—During the Civil War, modern newspaperreporting was born on both sides, with patriotic correspondents anxiously providing optimistic reports of battlefield carnage that their readers were eager to believe. Truth was often an incidental item. Now a new book examines the reports from The New York Times THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE REPORTAGE OF EheNewHorkGimes AND THE CHARLESTON MERCURY ...and whathistorians say really happened iM HINmuy ~ wey " oN INT Grabbing Headlines—A new book examines newspaper cov- erage of the Civil War. and the Charleston Mercury, comparing history’s record of the conflict to the fact and bias each newspaper shared with their readers. The book, “The Words of War” (History Publishing Company, $24.95), looks at each newspaper’s coverage of “the enemy” and the drive to sharpen public opinion, encourage support of troops and to keep readers informed of daily events. Complete with wire reports and correspondent sketches, the book tracks war coverage from the opening shot through the surrender at Appomattox. “The Words of War” by Don- agh Bracken is available at www.HistoryPublishingCo.com and bookstores.