biography
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McCormick, Robert Rutherford
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1880–1955)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the grandson of Joseph Medill. A World War 1 veteran, he inherited and ran the Chicago Tribune with his cousin Joseph Medill Patterson, assuming sole control as Patterson became preoccupied with the Daily News in New York. He was an ultraconservative isolationist, whose views were reflected on the editorial page and sometimes in news coverage. |
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