Times. I found i admired raymond a great deal. Greely called him the little villain, a nickname that stuck. Cartoonists portrayed him as a very little fellow with a big beard. But he stuck to and it made the New York Times he committed the New York Times to the same idea of all the news that is fit to print that it still practices today, albeit under a different ownership. How does he fit into this scenario. Bennett was the first on the scene and was the oldest and born in scotland, before the turn of the 19th century, fell in love with newspapers, had a facility for language so he got jobs as a translator of foreign news, and then ultimately wrote so many good things about the Andrew Jackson administration that he expected that jackson and jacksons successor, martin van buren, would find a way to get him money to start his own newspaper. The administration didnt like it. Vaguely foreign, a little smarmy and from that day on, bennett is more independent than practically any newspaper e
Joining him will be frank bond. Frank has produced awardwinning document riz on topics ranging from the role of the press in the Civil Rights Movement and the berlin wall. On issues like bias in the media, theres none of that, is there n two buy graph wall sketches of juniorism. Frank was a member of the team that created the museums new Museum Gallery an interactive look at the role of media in journalism today. So without further adieu im delighted to yield the stage and podium to our guests, harold and frank. Please join me in welcoming them to the stage. [applause] good evening. And welcome because tonights program is going to prove to you that history can be as enticing and sizzling and dramatic as anything netflix can serve up even Holiday House of cards. Just have to know where to find the stories and then how to tell them and harold certainly does that. In fact, harold help us at the museum with an upcoming exhibit president lincoln is dead. Well talk about president lincoln, a