A review by tee_tuhm
Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism by Eric Burns

4.0

I was surprised to learn that author Eric Burns worked both for FOX and MSNBC, but he has such delightful storytelling in this book that it made me forget how much I struggle through history books. I'm just bummed that the "rowdy beginnings of American journalism" started out with honest attempts to cover politics and community happenings, but degenerated into questioning and demeaning politicians' character, that anyone with a press and a grudge could simply churn out a periodical.