The Dreyfus Affair
Since this presentation should be related to the specific part of the journalism, the newspaper journalism, I decided that it would be suitable to present a story, showing how the journalism can change, manipulate and have serious impact on the society as well as on the stability of the country itself. A story, how a single article can save people from life time of imprisonment and prove a government guilty.
It happened on the treason conviction which took place in 1894 of Alfred Dreyfus, a artillery officer in the French army with Jewish origin, or as the public knows it "The Dreyfus affair". Dreyfus was accused with passing military secrets to the German Embassy in France. In fact, he was innocent. The whole conviction was based on false, supposedly incriminating documents. Dreyfus was sentenced to a life time of imprisonment.
Secrets started leaking. It was actually a big cover up operation, which featured forgery and perjury against their own country. The conspirators......
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