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Why did Mary Baker Eddy establish The Christian Science Monitor in 1908?

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Mary Baker Eddy established The Christian Science Monitor in 1908 primarily as a protest against the sensationalism prevalent in the popular press of that era.12

By founding the newspaper, she sought to provide an alternative that offered thoughtful, comprehensive, and high-quality coverage of political, social, and economic developments. While the publication is subsidized by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, it was designed to maintain editorial independence and function as a secular news source, with the exception of one religious article included daily per her original request.1