A supposed golden age of the British and American press becomes less convincing when contemporary newspapers and criticism of them are read together. Complaints about press behaviour existed within periods later remembered favourably. Judgements about a golden age depend partly on the perspective from which the earlier press is viewed.
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Questioning a golden age of the press
Contemporary criticism complicates nostalgic claims about a golden age of British and American journalism.