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

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

While a useful history on a necessary topic, Mr. Burns was then badly in need of DEI training. His unironic use of the word “quadroon” to describe Sally Hemings, and his baffling avoidance of discussions of American slavery, damages this book’s legacy. To repeat without context racial labels commits a serious error; there were other instances than the aforementioned. That said, his book I think was meant as an apology for Fox News at the time, but now reads like a castigation of everything present in alternative media today. That is a useful message.