Stop The Press: How The Mormon Church Tried To Silence The Salt Lake Tribune

Author: James W. Ure

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  • : $38.00 NZD
  • : 9781633883390
  • : Prometheus Books
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  • : January 2018
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Description

This disturbing exposU 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. aaaa 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. aaaa 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.aaaa 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.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR LEAVING THE FOLD "Many outside the Mormon tradition will be able to identify with more general laments, such as the strict religion's exclusivity and insularity and the guilt that many feel when they fall short of their culture's expectations." -Publishers Weekly "These thoughtful, often touching expressions by people who left active Mormonism to find their own personal path to salvation and meaningful life will enable their former Mormon neighbors, friends and colleagues to better understand their 'wayward' friends. Leaving the Fold is original, insightful, thoughtful, informative, revealing, candid, engaging reading for students of religion in general, and Mormonism in particular." - Internet Bookwatch

Author description

James W. Ure is a freelance journalist and the author of six previous books, including Leaving the Fold- Candid Conversations with Inactive Mormons, for which he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is the winner of numerous writing awards and is a Hearst Foundation Fellow.aA former advertising executive, he has also worked as a publicist for and the executive director of the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, he ran his own marketing firm for almost twenty years. He has written articles for the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, as well as for national magazines.