Streitmatter, Rodger. <br/><br/>
Mightier than the sword :  how the news media have shaped American history / 
Rodger Streitmatter. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Westview Press,  1997. 
 - xii, 287 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-275) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813332117 (pbk.) 9780813332116 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Press--Influence.--United States<br/>Press and politics--United States.<br/>Journalism--Political aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>S914 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4/493240973