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Assaults on the media are nothing new, Roberts (communication studies, Catholic Univ. of Portugal) and Maksl (journalism and media, Indiana Univ. Southeast) ably argue in this volume that collects 66 primary source documents. The documents chronicle more than two centuries of attacks on the American press, from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the 2018 murder of five Capital Gazette journalists in Maryland. Roberts and Maksl examine threats to the press during times of war; criticisms about sensationalism in news media; legal, physical, and political attacks on journalists; pe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More