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Martin Gansberg, a news reporter and the author of the New York Times article, “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” published on March 27, 1964, implies the feeling of dismay within his writing to express the emotions of the neighborhood during this gruesome murder. Gansberg does this because he wants people to see the deeper meaning which is that society should take action during a wrongful situation. This article was written formally for the intended audience of middle and high-class New Yorkers in the Queens area. Many people read the newspaper during this time period because it was one of the main sources to receive news. In the article Gansberg stresses multiple times, “how simple it would have been to have gotten in
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