Stop the Press
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Stop the Press

How the Mormon Church Tried to Silence the Salt Lake Tribune

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eBook - ePub

Stop the Press

How the Mormon Church Tried to Silence the Salt Lake Tribune

About this book

This disturbing expose 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 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. 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. 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. 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. The published stories intensified efforts by the Church to kill the newspaper. When a hedge fund took ownership of the Tribune, the Church in 2013 saw an opportunity to take advantage and ensure the paper's demise. Just as the paper appeared to be going under, a small group of citizens became the David that took down the Mormon Goliath and delivered the Pulitzer Prize-winning paper to a steady local owner who is willing to fight for its long-term survival. This is a cautionary tale about the dangers of mingling church and state and the ways in which big money can threaten the freedom of the press.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Note to the Reader
  7. Chapter 1: Bombshell
  8. Chapter 2: Deep and Historical Resentments
  9. Chapter 3: Missouri Massacre
  10. Chapter 4: Golden Plates Again
  11. Chapter 5: Polygamy and Baptism for the Dead
  12. Chapter 6: A Press Destroyed and Peril to the Prophet
  13. Chapter 7: Brigham Young Takes the Reins of a Church in Chaos
  14. Chapter 8: Westward Ho
  15. Chapter 9: Paiute Indians
  16. Chapter 10: A New Mormon Newspaper
  17. Chapter 11: Scapegoating
  18. Chapter 12: Brigham's Fury at the Feds and Carpetbaggers
  19. Chapter 13: The Massacre at Mountain Meadows
  20. Chapter 14: The War That Almost Was
  21. Chapter 15: “Fanatics and Whores”
  22. Chapter 16: The Tribune and ZCMI Are Born
  23. Chapter 17: The Great Divide and the Border Ruffians
  24. Chapter 18: Mountain Meadows: Brigham Young's Scapegoat
  25. Chapter 19: The Devil in the Form of C. C. Goodwin
  26. Chapter 20: Enter Thomas Kearns
  27. Chapter 21: Battle Royal for the Tribune
  28. Chapter 22: Mormons vs. the Outside World
  29. Chapter 23: Mountain Meadows Redux
  30. Chapter 24: MediaNews Group Buys the Tribune
  31. Chapter 25: The Tribune's Buy-Back Option
  32. Chapter 26: Singleton Bankrupt, Alden Global Capital Swoops In
  33. Chapter 27: The Note and Its Consequences
  34. Chapter 28: Enter and Reenter the Huntsman Family
  35. Chapter 29: Whither the LDS Church?
  36. Chapter 30: The Tribune's Future
  37. Author's Note
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. Appendix: Three Tribune Articles in Full about the Excavation at the Mountain Meadows Massacre Site
  40. Notes
  41. Index