"He inaugurated the paper in 1773 at Wall Street and pledged political neutrality swore to do balanced reporting"
"That is not taking sides allowed all viewpoint"
"Did he renege?I think he did"
"Are you sure? Because he tolerated Hamiltonian viewpoint more and the colonists"
"Of course.Di you think anybody worth his pen had something to say beyond Hamilton 's?"
"It should have been balanced reporting"
"Hamilton was irresistible.Anyway based on the relationship with him he barely shifted from interrogating the Tories and their dogma . Although Tory opinion later dominated the paper and was harsh against the Sons of liberty predominated by fastidious proletariats."
"He poured traduce on their leaders such as Isaac Sears and Alexander McDougall."
"Did you say Sears retaliated?"
"It happened in September 1774 he wrote him derogatory letters when he say'i believe believe you to be either an ignorant impudent pretender to what you do not understand.""a base servile tool ready to do the dirty work of any knave who will purchase you."
"But it had a rival paper New York Journal "
"Exactly.That s the essence of the media competition.It came later and published long list of subscribers who were displeased with his behavior.They later cancelled their subscription to the paper because they felt betrayed by Rivington.With the success of the Sons of liberty at Lexington and Concord the paper felt from grace and same mob that chased Myles Cooper underground attacked the pestilential Rivington.He was secluded for good ten days aboard man of war kingfisher."
"But he did return to his print shop thereafter "
"But his trouble wasn't over because he was threatened with imprisonment by the new York provincial congress which ruled accordingly that every enemies of the Sons of liberty must be disarmed and imprisoned and even exiled.Sears exploited this declaration against him to the fullest extent."
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