Claim

Claim 967

Vice President Charles Fairbanks held a financial interest in the Indianapolis News that most of the paper's readers did not know about.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Vice President Charles Fairbanks held a financial interest in the Indianapolis News that most of the paper's readers did not know about.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: Vice President Fairbanks had an undisclosed stake in the News
About: incident 1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions
Source: United States v. Smith (Ind.) (1909)
Publisher: The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2009-01-01

Quotation from the source

The case involved the Indianapolis News , a paper in which, unbeknownst to most of its readers at the time, Vice President Charles Fairbank s had a substantial financial interest.