Media Coverage of the Conspiracy Trial

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(12-29-2012 04:01 PM)BettyO Wrote:  The Conspiracy Trial was held from May 10, 1865, concluding June 29, 1865. During this time at first the press was not admitted, but subsequently was allowed into the courtroom about a week later.

Do you think that the press offered good coverage of the trial? Was the coverage accurate? Was it perhaps slanted in order to sell newspapers?

As the prime media of the period, how well do you think that the trial was covered?

For an interesting view on current news media use and misuse, compare the newspaper content of 1865 with this article about recent school shootings, online: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/29/do_media...shootings/