The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Scandal Mongers

"Scandal Mongers." New-York Saturday Press, April 21, 1860, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The author criticizes those who write for "flash" newspapers because these writers print false and hurtful material to enhance their own pocketbooks and careers. This sort of writer is judged to be a disgrace to real journalists everywhere.

People Mentioned in this Work
Clare, Ada

The article specifically mentions a "letter referring to Ada Clare and her friends" as a case "in which a scandalous story was trumped up in respect to an accomplished correspondent of this paper..."