Significance & Legacy

Robert McCormick believed in using The Chicago Tribune to further define the First Amendment right of a free press, to serve as a check upon government, and to become a medium for his worldly views. As a result, McCormick became a nationally-acclaimed "champion of the First Amendment" and a "defender of the people." 

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CHAMPION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT

(Source: Richard Norton Smith: The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, Illinois Channel Archives)

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