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Leonel Campbell Ross O'Bryan (1857–16 July 1938), known under the pen name Polly Pry, was a controversial reporter for The Denver Post and later as a freelancer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The Polly Pry was a combination of gossip column, tabloid magazine, and serious writing. Rumors about celebrities were published alongside investigative journalism pieces. Nell attacked unions, capitalists, anarchists, communists, and the government.
15 ott 2017 · Mrs. Leonel Ross O’Bryan, aka “Polly Pry”, was a tabloid journalist for The Denver Post. Her most sensational story resulted in the pardon of the “cannibal” Alfred Packer.
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2 giorni fa · This ferry on the Grand River in 1912 was called “The Polly Pry”, named after a pioneer news correspondent. It was installed by Captain E.E. Prey, who had built a large 3-story house with an additional house for servants, and a large stable at the base of Red Mountain. Up until 1886, Cpt. Prey used the ferry to transport his family across ...
29 nov 2021 · In 1903, The Denver Post investigative journalist Polly Pry exposed abuses at the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School that shocked the nation. Her reporting brought to light the mistreatment of Native children that was all too common at boarding schools throughout the nation.
30 ott 2020 · While he was still incarcerated, a controversial columnist with The Denver Post who wrote under the name Polly Pry launched a movement on Packer’s behalf, urging others that he was innocent, Houston said.
26 set 2021 · Polly Pry became convinced that Alfred Packer was innocent of the murders and would report on his story as a form of journalistic activism that was nothing short of cinematic. She was so convinced of Packer’s innocence and had brought so many people to read The Denver Post because of her
