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List of Illustrations vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1 Sowing the Seeds of Revolution 1
2 Abolition Turning Americas Conscience Against the Sins of Slavery 17
3 Slowing the Momentum for Women's Rights 32
4 Attacking Municipal Corruption The Tweed Ring 47
5 Journalism as Warmonger The Spanish-American War 63
6 Muckraking The Golden Age of Reform Journalism 80
7 Defying the Ku Klux Klan 94
8 Father Coughlin Fomenting Anti-Semitism via the Radio 110
9 Creating "Rosie the Riveter" Propelling the American Woman into the Workforce 124
10 Exposing Joe McCarthy Television's Finest Hour 139
11 Pushing the Civil Rights Movement onto the National Agenda 155
12 Vietnam War Bringing the Battlefield into the American Living Room 171
13 Watergate Forces the President to His Knees 188
14 Rush Limbaugh Leading the Republican Revolution 202
15 9/11 Failing the American Public 216
16 Electing an African-American President A Case Study in News Media Bias 232
17 How the News Media Have Shaped American History Focusing on the How 246
Notes 257
Bibliography 291
About the Book and Author 297
Index 299
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