Northeastern newspapers more likely to portray lynch mobs as orderly

Percent of mob descriptions in newspaper coverage with hostile, orderly or neutral portrayals.

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Regional divisions were made in accordance with the U.S. Census Bureau. There were no newspaper articles analyzed that were published in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

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