When the press inadvertently outed people The major dailies gave a megaphone to the police, while alternative outlets embedded themselves among the protesters. In the days after the Stonewall riots, depending on which paper you read, you would have been exposed to a vastly different version of events. As someone who studies the history and role of the alternative press, I’ve researched how the Stonewall riots were reported in New York’s mainstream and alternative publications.
