Chapter 1: Journalism and the Higher Law

Walter Lippmann (author)

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Title	Chapter 1: Journalism and the Higher Law
Contributor	Walter Lippmann (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.32376/3f8575cb.6ab1dfab
Landing page	https://www.mediastudies.press/pub/3wwkg7tk/
License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Publisher	mediastudies.press
Published on	2020-11-15
Short abstract	VOLUME 1, Number 1, of the first American newspaper was published in Boston on September 25, 1690
Long abstract	VOLUME 1, Number 1, of the first American newspaper was published in Boston on September 25, 1690. It was called Publick Occurrences. The second issue did not appear because the Governor and Council suppressed it. They found that Benjamin Harris, the editor, had printed “reflections of a very high nature.” Even to-day some of his reflections seem very high indeed. In his prospectus he had written:
Page range	pp. 1–6
Print length	7 pages

VOLUME 1, Number 1, of the first American newspaper was published in Boston on September 25, 1690. It was called Publick Occurrences. The second issue did not appear because the Governor and Council suppressed it. They found that Benjamin Harris, the editor, had printed “reflections of a very high nature.” Even to-day some of his reflections seem very high indeed. In his prospectus he had written: