Stop the Press: How the Mormon Church Tried to Silence the Salt Lake Tribune
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071Y2KFDQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 371 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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James W. He has written articles for the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, as well as for national magazines. In addition, he ran his own marketing firm for almost twenty years. He is the winner of numerous writing awards and is a Hearst Foundation Fellow. A former advertising executive, he has also worked as a publicist for and the executive director of the Sundance Film Festival. . Ure<
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Based on many interviews and extensive research, the book describes the history of enmity between the Church and the newspaper, which came to a head in 2000. The author, a Mormon and a journalist who once worked for the Tribune, tells a story of secret deals, behind-the-scenes backstabbing, and manipulation of the political and legal systems by a church that controls the politics of Utah. The Mountain Meadow Massacre had been conducted by highly-placed church members and historians have said it was condoned by Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormon Church. In that year, the Tribune reopened an investigation into an 1857 murder of a wagon train of 120 men, women, and children passing through Utah. This disturbing exposé examines how the powerful Mormon Church tried to destroy the Salt Lake Tribune, a voice that had long been critical of many of its activities and its secrets. The published stories intensified efforts by the Church to kill the newspaper. Just as the paper appeared to be going under, a small group of citizens became the David