Frederick Douglass: “Our newspapers are daily disfigured by its ghastly horrors.”

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Our newspapers are daily disfigured by its ghastly horrors.

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Frederick Douglass

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He criticizes the media for sensationalizing the horrors of mob violence, reflecting on its impact on public perception.

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