Baltimore Gazette

The Baltimore Gazette, also known as the Baltimore Daily Gazette and The Gazette, was a daily newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland between 1862 and 1875.[1][2] 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.

Baltimore Gazette
TypeDaily newspaper (formerly)
Owner(s)William Wilkins Glenn, Frank Key Howard, and William H. Carpenter (formerly)
Founder(s)Edward F. Carter and William H. Neilson (formerly)
FoundedOctober 7, 1862
Ceased publicationDecember 31, 1875
RelaunchedSome time in 2016 (as a fake news site)
CityBaltimore, Maryland
CountryUnited States

The paper was associated with several high-profile figures in publishing and politics, including William Hinson Cole and William Wilkins Glenn.

In 2016, the paper was revived in the form of a fake news website.[3]

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