TY  - BOOK
AU  - Streitmatter,Rodger
TI  - Mightier than the sword: how the news media have shaped American history 
SN  - 0813332109
AV  - PN4888.I53 S77 1997
U1  - 070.449324 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Influence
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references 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 journalism --; Defying the Ku Klux Klan --; Father Coughlin: formenting 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 --; How the news media have shaped history: focusing on the how
ER  -