The ''Baltimore Gazette'', also known as the ''Baltimore Daily Gazette'' and ''The Gazette'', was a
daily newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
between 1862 and 1875.
It broke some high-profile stories including the fact that
The Turk, allegedly a chess playing machine, worked because a human chess master was operating it from the inside.
The paper was associated with several high-profile figures in publishing and politics, including
William Hinson Cole and
William Wilkins Glenn William Wilkins Glenn (July 20, 1824 - June 24, 1876) was a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and Confederate sympathizer from Baltimore, Maryland. Portions of his estate helped establish the town of Glen Burnie, Maryland. .
In 2016, the name was revived in the form of a
fake news website
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.
References
Newspapers published in Baltimore
Fake news websites
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