This article is about the Upton Sinclair book. For 1918 American silent comedy-drama film, see The Brass Check (film).
The Brass Check
Ninth, and Revised Edition with Index
Author
Upton Sinclair
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Sociology, Muckraking
Publisher
Self (Pasadena, California)
Publication date
1919
Media type
Print (Hardcover)
Preceded by
The Profits of Religion
Followed by
The Goose-Step
The Brass Check is a muckraking exposé of American journalism by Upton Sinclair published in 1919. It focuses mainly on newspapers and the Associated Press wire service, along with a few magazines. Other critiques of the press had appeared, but Sinclair reached a wider audience with his personal fame and lively, provocative writing style.[1] Among those critiqued was William Randolph Hearst, who made routine use of yellow journalism in his widespread newspaper and magazine business.
Sinclair called The Brass Check "the most important and most dangerous book I have ever written."[2] The University of Illinois Press released a new edition of the book in 2003, which contains a preface by Robert W. McChesney and Ben Scott. The text is also freely available on the Internet, as Sinclair opted not to copyright the text in an effort to maximize its readership.
For much of Sinclair's career he was known as a "two book author": for writing The Jungle and The Brass Check.[3] Sinclair organized ten printings of The Brass Check in its first decade and sold over 150,000 copies.
^Sumpter, Randall S. "The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism." Journalism History. 29:2 (Summer 2003), 95.
^The Brass Check, Chapter LXVI, p. 429.
^McChesney, Robert W. and Scott, Ben. "Upton Sinclair and the contradictions of capitalist journalism." Monthly Review 54.1 (May 2002), 1-14.
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