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Edward R. Murrow Wasn’t the First Journalist to Question Joseph McCarthy’s Communist Witch Hunts
As the fear of communist subversion spread throughout America, McCarthy launched hearings that were based on scant evidence and overblown charges.
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W. Joseph Campbell
via
The Conversation
on
March 1, 2024
Kissinger, Me, and the Lies of the Master
‘Off off the record’ with the man who secretly taped our telephone calls.
by
Seymour M. Hersh
via
seymourhersh.substack
on
December 6, 2023
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What Winning New Hampshire — and its Media Frenzy — Could Mean for Bernie Sanders
The New Hampshire returns tell us a lot about the leading candidates.
by
Kathryn Cramer Brownell
via
Made by History
on
February 12, 2020
Why Has It Taken Us So Long to See Trump’s Weakness?
There’s a bad synergy at work between the short-termism of the news cycle and the longue durée-ism of the academy.
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Corey Robin
via
Intelligencer
on
February 20, 2019
Cuba Libre
Covering the island has been a central concern for The Nation since the beginning—producing scoops, aiding diplomacy, and pushing for a change in policy.
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Peter Kornbluh
via
The Nation
on
March 23, 2015
The Polling Imperilment
Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives?
by
Rick Perlstein
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The American Prospect
on
September 25, 2024
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Mud-Slinging and Deadly Duels: How Negative Campaigning Evolved
The factionalized press was the site of campaigning in the U.S.'s first contested presidential elections.
via
Retro Report
on
September 6, 2024
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How Vice-Presidential Nominees Became 'Attack Dogs'
Vice presidential nominees weren't tasked with flinging mud until the last 40 years.
by
Charles J. Holden
via
Made by History
on
August 7, 2024
The City in Its Grip: On Tricia Romano’s “The Freaks Came Out to Write”
Romano’s book is a vital, comprehensive piece of media scholarship about one of the most influential outlets of the last century. It’s also fun as hell to read.
by
T. M. Brown
via
Los Angeles Review of Books
on
March 15, 2024
The Evolution of Conservative Journalism
From Bill Buckley to our 24/7 media circus.
by
Johnny Miller
via
National Review
on
October 12, 2023
Seeing Was Not Believing
A new book identifies the 1968 Democratic convention as the moment when broad public regard for the news media gave way to widespread distrust, and American divisiveness took off.
by
Eric Foner
via
New York Review of Books
on
August 30, 2023
The Battlefields of Cable
How cable TV transformed politics—and how politics transformed cable TV.
by
Jesse Walker
via
Reason
on
August 15, 2023
Keeping Speech Robust and Free
Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News' coverage of claims that the company had rigged the 2020 election may soon become an artifact of a vanished era.
by
Jeffrey Toobin
via
New York Review of Books
on
July 7, 2023
There’s Already a Solution to the Crisis of Local News. Just Ask This Founding Father.
As modern lawmakers consider various means of public assistance for local news, they can learn from the founders’ approach to supporting journals and gazettes.
by
Steven Waldman
via
Politico Magazine
on
April 2, 2023
An American Story
Kelly Lytle Hernández’s new book chronicles the tumultuous period leading up to the Mexican Revolution, casting the border as ground zero for continental change.
by
Francisco Cantú
via
New York Review of Books
on
March 9, 2023
Who Owns the Narrative? Texas Law Enforcement Versus Tejano Journalists
At the turn of the century, Mexican American publications paid a price for challenging the local sheriff and elements of the Texas Rangers.
by
Isabella Van Trease
via
Texas Monthly
on
December 1, 2022
How Stokely Carmichael Helped Inspire the Creation of C-SPAN
A Black Power radical, a Navy veteran, and the story behind the most boring channel on television.
by
Eamon Whalen
via
Mother Jones
on
August 24, 2022
A Century Ago, American Reporters Foresaw the Rise of Authoritarianism in Europe
A new book tells the stories of four interwar writers who laid the groundwork for modern journalism.
by
Deborah Cohen
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Karin Wulf
via
Smithsonian
on
March 14, 2022
How US Newspapers Became Utterly Ubiquitous in the 1830s
Ken Ellingwood on the social and political function of political media.
by
Ken Ellingwood
via
Literary Hub
on
May 6, 2021
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The Media Will Be Key to Overcoming a Senate Filibuster on Voting Rights
Roger Mudd proved in 1964 that media attention can help overcome Senate obstruction.
by
Donald A. Ritchie
via
Made by History
on
April 12, 2021
On Atonement
News outlets have apologized for past racism. That should only be the start.
by
Alexandria Neason
via
Columbia Journalism Review
on
January 28, 2021
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Good TV Demands Results on Election Night, but That’s Bad for Democracy
The history of tuning in to televised election returns.
by
Kathryn Cramer Brownell
via
Made by History
on
November 3, 2020
Trump’s Illness and the History of Presidential Health
Are White House doctors keeping the public adequately informed about President Trump’s battle with COVID-19?
by
Lawrence Altman
,
Isaac Chotiner
via
The New Yorker
on
October 6, 2020
US Media Talks a Lot About Palestinians — Just Without Palestinians
Although major U.S. newspapers hosted thousands of opinion pieces on Israel-Palestine over 50 years, hardly any were actually written by Palestinians.
by
Maha Nassar
via
+972 Magazine
on
October 2, 2020
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Why the Iowa Caucuses May Elevate an Underdog
History shows that this blockbuster event is merely a test of organizational strength in one small state.
by
Amber Roessner
via
Made by History
on
February 3, 2020
partner
Jimmy Carter and The Myth That Gave the Iowa Caucuses Their Political Power
What does winning in Iowa really mean?
by
Wallace Hettle
via
HNN
on
January 19, 2020
Homeland Insecurity
Mystery sorrounds the life of alumnus Homer Smith, who spent decades on an international odyssey to find a freedom in a place he could call home.
by
Jack El-Hai
via
University of Minnesota
on
May 31, 2019
Bernie, the Sandinistas, and America's Long Crisis of Impunity
Or, the pros and Contras of relying on political reporters.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
Mother Jones
on
May 30, 2019
Antislavery Wasn’t Mainstream, Until It Was
After Republicans lost their first election in 1856, Democrats declared slavery opposition radical and fringe. Then came 1860.
by
Matthew Karp
via
Jacobin
on
May 11, 2019
‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’ What We Found in the Archives of Bernie Sanders’s TV Show.
What a forgotten trove of videotapes reveals about the man who rewrote America’s political script.
by
Holly Otterbein
via
Politico Magazine
on
May 3, 2019
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