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Mightier than the sword : how the news media have shaped American history

Author: Rodger Streitmatter
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.
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Mightier than the Sword describes fourteen discrete episodes in American history during which the news media have played a critical role in shaping landmark events.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Streitmatter, Rodger.
Mightier than the sword.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997
(OCoLC)645847776
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Rodger Streitmatter
ISBN: 0813332109 9780813332109 0813332117 9780813332116
OCLC Number: 36364071
Description: xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Sowing the seeds of Revolution --
Abolition: turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery --
Slowing the momentum for women's rights --
Attacking municipal corruption: the Tweed ring --
Journalism as warmonger: the Spanish-American War --
Muckraking: the golden age of journalism --
Defying the Ku Klux Klan --
Father Coughlin: formenting anti-semitism via the radio --
Creating "Rosie the Riveter": propelling the American woman into the workforce --
Exposing Joe McCarthy: television's finest hour --
Pushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda --
Vietnam War: bringing the battlefield into the American living room --
Watergate forces the president to his knees --
Rush Limbaugh: leading the Republican revolution --
How the news media have shaped history: focusing on the how.
Responsibility: Rodger Streitmatter.
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Mightier than the Sword describes fourteen discrete episodes in American history during which the news media have played a critical role in shaping landmark events.

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