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The facts of the case are relatively straightforward, if a little tawdry. In a small Oregon town more than a century ago, Edmund Creffield started a weird little cult involving women and a certain amount of nudity. George Mitchell, brother of one of the women, killed Creffield and then was acquitted of murder, the jury finding that he acted in defense of his sister. Unfortunately, his sister, Esther, didn't quite agree; she shot and killed her brother. Later, Esther took her own life. In telling their story, the author, a communications professor at the University of Washington, focuses on media coverage of the case. How did newspapers report this odd, twisted story? How much did newspaper accounts of the proceedings affect their outcome (Mitchell, for example, was consistently portrayed as a hero, protecting family values)? And, more generally, where is the line that separates reporting the news from influencing its development? Highly recommended, in particular, to journalism students. David Pitt
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"An outstanding book on a compelling sequence of events, told in a fashion that is at once engaging and full of implication for the broader history of the media and gender roles." John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History "This is a powerful and instructive story of how intolerant and sensational newspapers in Corvallis and Seattle encouraged vigilante violence, murder, and lawlessness toward an Oregon religious cult. The author places multiple tragedies that befell Edmund Creffield and his mostly female followers in the context of important changes under way in the urban and community press in the twentieth century."- Steve Ponder, author of Managing the Press: Origins of the Media Presidency, 1897-1933
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The facts of the case are relatively straightforward, if a little tawdry. In a small Oregon town more than a century ago, Edmund Creffield started a weird little cult involving women and a certain amount of nudity. George Mitchell, brother of one of the women, killed Creffield and then was acquitted of murder, the jury finding that he acted in defense of his sister. Unfortunately, his sister, Esther, didn't quite agree; she shot and killed her brother. Later, Esther took her own life. In telling their story, the author, a communications professor at the University of Washington, focuses on media coverage of the case. How did newspapers report this odd, twisted story? How much did newspaper accounts of the proceedings affect their outcome (Mitchell, for example, was consistently portrayed as a hero, protecting family values)? And, more generally, where is the line that separates reporting the news from influencing its development? Highly recommended, in particular, to journalism students. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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"An outstanding book on a compelling sequence of events, told in a fashion that is at once engaging and full of implication for the broader history of the media and gender roles." John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History "This is a powerful and instructive story of how intolerant and sensational newspapers in Corvallis and Seattle encouraged vigilante violence, murder, and lawlessness toward an Oregon religious cult. The author places multiple tragedies that befell Edmund Creffield and his mostly female followers in the context of important changes under way in the urban and community press in the twentieth century."- Steve Ponder, author of Managing the Press: Origins of the Media Presidency, 1897-1933
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