# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions)
- Source: United States v. Smith (Ind.) (1909). https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-smith/
- 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.

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