Editing Vincent Astor (section)

===The Sinclair-Astor Letters===
[[Upton Sinclair]], author of ''[[The Jungle]]'', wrote Astor an open letter, which he describes in ''[[The Brass Check]]'' and he also sent to half a dozen newspapers, requesting that he support the Socialist cause and help the poor, at a time when Sinclair claims Astor was erecting a million-dollar estate, without benefiting the rest of society; the only newspaper to publish his letter was a Socialist newspaper, the ''[[New York Call]]''. Vincent Astor replied to this letter, and also sent a copy out to half a dozen newspapers, and according to Sinclair, all of them published his reply in full, including the ''New York Call''.<ref>[https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=THD19140116-01.2.105&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------   Astor Answers Sinclair]</ref> Sinclair claimed this was what he considered a scientific demonstration of bias of the media in favor of the wealthy because they gave Astor complete coverage, often on the front page, and, except for the ''Call'', they declined to publish his first letter, and only three of the traditional newspapers published a small portion of his reply to Astor's letter, without featuring it as prominently.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64657/64657-h/64657-h.htm#Page_125 "The Brass Check" by Upton Sinclair 1920]</ref>