List of Illustrations | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
Sowing the Seeds of Revolution | p. 1 |
Abolition Turning Americas Conscience Against the Sins of Slavery | p. 17 |
Slowing the Momentum for Women's Rights | p. 32 |
Attacking Municipal Corruption The Tweed Ring | p. 47 |
Journalism as Warmonger The Spanish-American War | p. 63 |
Muckraking The Golden Age of Reform Journalism | p. 80 |
Defying the Ku Klux Klan | p. 94 |
Father Coughlin Fomenting Anti-Semitism via the Radio | p. 110 |
Creating "Rosie the Riveter" Propelling the American Woman into the Workforce | p. 124 |
Exposing Joe McCarthy Television's Finest Hour | p. 139 |
Pushing the Civil Rights Movement onto the National Agenda | p. 155 |
Vietnam War Bringing the Battlefield into the American Living Room | p. 171 |
Watergate Forces the President to His Knees | p. 188 |
Rush Limbaugh Leading the Republican Revolution | p. 202 |
9/11 Failing the American Public | p. 216 |
Electing an African-American President A Case Study in News Media Bias | p. 232 |
How the News Media Have Shaped American History Focusing on the How | p. 246 |
Notes | p. 257 |
Bibliography | p. 291 |
About the Book and Author | p. 297 |
Index | p. 299 |
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