ABSTRACT
Profound influences on American journalism during the period between the 1830s and the Civil War are attributed to the New York penny papers. News during the period reflected the modern and some might say revolutionary influences of the Penny Press and the stable and some might say old-fashioned influences of tradition. Aspects of modern journalism emerged in the antebellum period, but many journalistic practices in the 1850s reflected an earlier era, which held notions of ethics and truth different from a own. Antebellum use of such a form, even after the telegraph, was inconsistent at best. It belongs more to pre-antebellum news in which such stories frequently brought ancient themes and traditional values to Courant readers. However, in the Courant, people in the news after the antebellum period were often more important for their attribution authority than for any value as citizens or even humans.
