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In Partisan Journalism, A History of Media Bias in the United States, Jim A. Kuypers takes his audience on a journey from the beginning to the end of journalism American history, placing emphasis on militaristic ideas of objectivity and partisanship. Kuypers confirms how the American journalistic tradition is cultivated as a partisan root and, with only little time for objectivity in between, then returning to those roots where it finds itself today. At the beginning of this journey Kuypers begins by telling us the summary of newspapers throughout the colonial period, explaining that the newspapers of that period were honestly operated in a particularly "partisan" way; continues with discussion of the extension of the press in the Jacksonian era and its partisan nature. I found this part of the book more informative for me, individually, than the other educational chapters and paragraphs. After explaining specifically and sternly, underlining the salient points, that the role of the press took place in the midst of the War Between the States, he explains that it was the telegraph. The conflict between partisanship and professionalization/objectivity continued through the scandal years and into World War II, newspapers during this time period were often silent and objective when reporting as their articles leaned to the right. In the period of the 1960s it is as Newspaper editorials moved from right to left and strived to be progressive advocacy slowly starting with an erosion of objective content. Kuypers continued his development in the early 1980s, and then focused on sharing the process of the new communication apparatus that contaminated the way we think about the... middle of paper... of that If it were true, then the growth of the situation is the argument of the American newspaper which faces the most serious controversy ever seen before. The internet is slowly moving away from traditional sources of advertising revenue, putting newspapers out of business, laying people off, and trying to make sense of it all while trying to figure out how newspapers can survive in the digital age. Now, on the other hand, some newspapers have made the most of the twentieth century revolution. My conclusion for understanding this journey through Kuyperts' historical journalism is that one thing the history of newspapers tells us while the structure of news can change, or the news market continues and a formation of very intelligent journalists will strive to insist that the community gets the kind of news they want to read about.