Photograph by justin maxon for the new yorker. Webon christmas day in 1773 none other than benjamin franklin copped to being the source of the leak, a sort of colonial julian assange. He lost his job as deputy postmaster. Webthe leak of the pentagon papers revived nixon’s fears about halperin and the possibility that the secret bombing of cambodia would leak as well. At the time of. Webbefore the term “fake news” gained wide circulation during the 2016 presidential election season, deception had long been part of the u. s. Webthis chapter will focus on the transatlantic literary journalism available in newspapers and magazines rather than that found in pamphlets, such as daniel defoe's journal of the. Webthe letter created an uproar in europe over britain’s use of mercenaries. In 1782, franklin created a forgery of a boston newspaper that included fake local news. Webnewspaper publishing in the days of ben franklin and his grandson was a filthy, grinding business. Fighting for freedom of the press was an even more wretched a.
