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Lamb, Chris – 1987
Based on the criticism made by the Philadelphia newspaper "North American," this paper examines the passage of the anti-cartoon bill by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1903. The paper notes that the law served not to silence political criticism but to motivate vehement attacks by newspapers throughout the country on the law, on Samuel…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Freedom of Speech, Mass Media Effects, Newspapers
