Mightier than the sword : how the news media have shaped American history /
Rodger Streitmatter.
- 3rd ed.
- Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2012.
- xvii, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-295) and index.
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 reform journalism -- Defying the Klu Klux Klan -- Father Coughlin : fomenting 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 -- 9/11 : failing the American public -- Electing an African-American president: a case study in news media bias.
Clearly presented case studies of landmark events in US history, from the American Revolution to Watergate to 9/11 and the Obama election, demonstrate the enduring power of the news media in shaping American history.