The Heritage Foundation's Mark Tapscott has a thoughtful analysis of Merrill Brown's Carnegie Corp. report on the decline of the mass media, with a response/clarification from the report's author.
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The only problem with this thoughful analysis is the history is incorrect. Peter Zenger's lawyer was Andrew Hamilton, not Alexandar. Andrew Hamilton died in 1741, 14 years before Alexandar Hamilton was born, and 35 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Although Andrew Hamilton's signature doesn't appear on the Declaration of Independence, he did play an important role, beyond the Zenger trial. He was the architect of the building where the declaration was signed, Independence Hall.
The fact that Alexander Hamilton could be a lawyer in 1735, yet still be alive to fight a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804 seemed a bit of a stretch. A quick Google search for Hamilton and Zenger brought up the correct history.
Posted by: Kirk Caraway | April 08, 2005 at 03:55 AM
I knew that, I knew that! Really ... I did. :)Thanks for the editing Kirk, I can't believe I did that.
Posted by: Mark Tapscott | April 12, 2005 at 03:19 PM