Introduction
This exhibition examines the role of the news media in shaping political opinion from the late 1800s through the 1970s. It explores the growth, maturing, and impact of news media… Read more »
Author Archives: baquedam
Political Opinion and Newspapers
San Francisco Chronicle. 1898. “Battle Ship Maine Blown Up In The Harbor of Havana.” February 16. In this article, O’Rourke reports on the sinking of the US Maine in Havana,… Read more »
Political Opinion and Radio
“The London Blitz Described by Edward R. Murrow.” YouTube Video, 2:42. Posted by “KD,” April 28, 2014. In this CBS News radio broadcast, Edward R. Murrow describes to the American… Read more »
Political Opinion and Television
“Edward R. Murrow – See It Now (March 9, 1954).” YouTube video, 2:02. Posted by “Justin Hillyard,” August 22, 2009. On this episode of See It Now, aired in March… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources: An Act for Preventing the Manufacture, Sale, or Transportation of Adulterated or Misbranded or Poisonous or Deleterious Foods, Drugs, Medicines, and Liquors, and for Regulating Traffic Therein, and… Read more »