The Philadelphia Inquirer: Difference between revisions

During the [[American Civil War]], ''Inquirer'' journalist [[Uriah Hunt Painter]] was at the [[First Battle of Bull Run]] in 1861, a battle which ended in a Confederate victory. Initial reports from the government claimed a Union victory, but ''The Inquirer'' went with Painter's firsthand account. Crowds threatened to burn ''The Inquirer''{{'s}} building down because of the report. Another report about [[George Meade|General George Meade]], angered Meade enough that he punished Edward Crapsey, the reporter who wrote it. Crapsey and other Civil Wr correspondents at the newspaper later decided to attribute any victories of the [[Army of the Potomac]], Meade's command, to [[Ulysses S. Grant]], commander of the Union Army. Any defeats, conversely, were attributed to Meade.<ref name="Inqhistory"/>