>Maybe the publications back then were more intellectually honest and unbiased, but maybe not. Many of the newspapers in the US were open about their biases. T

>Maybe the publications back then were more intellectually honest and unbiased, but maybe not. Many of the newspapers in the US were open about their biases. They would often have a political party as part of their name. The first newspaper in Chicago, for example, was "The Chicago Democrat". In Springfield Massachusetts there was a newspaper called "The Republican". Many cities had similar newspaper names like those.