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[email protected]. July 16, 2003 The Brass Check A Study of American Journalism By Upton Sinclair Who owns the press, and why? When you read your daily paper, are you reading facts, or propaganda? And whose propaganda? Who furnishes the raw material for your thoughts about life? Is it honest material? No man can ask more important questions than those; and here for the first time the questions are answered in a book. ===========End of Cover Copy=========== Published by the Author Pasadena, California ====================== PART 1: THE EVIDENCE --- I. The Story of the Brass Check Sinclair, The Brass Check, p.2 of 412 II. The Story of a Poet III. Open Sesame! IV. The Real Fight V. The Condemned Meat Industry VI. An Adventure with Roosevelt VII. Jackals and a Carcase VIII. The Last Act IX. Aiming at the Public's Heart X. A Voice from Russia XI. A Venture in Co-operation XII. The Village Horse-Doctor XIII. In High Society XIV. The Great Panic XV. Shredded Wheat Biscuit XVI. An Interview on Marriage XVII. "Gaming" on the Sabbath XVIII. An Essential Monogamist XIX. In the Lion's Den XX. The Story of a Lynching XXI. Journalism and Burglary XXII. A Millionaire and an Author XXIII.