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082	0	4	_a070.4/493240973 _222
049			_aGRAL
050	1	4	_aS914 1997
100	1		_aStreitmatter, Rodger.
245	1	0	_aMightier than the sword : _bhow the news media have shaped American history / _cRodger Streitmatter.
260			_aBoulder, Colo. : _bWestview Press, _c1997.
300			_axii, 287 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-275) and index.
505	0	0	_tSowing the seeds of Revolution -- _tAbolition: turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery -- _tSlowing the momentum for women's rights -- _tAttacking municipal corruption: the Tweed ring -- _tJournalism as warmonger: the Spanish-American War -- _tMuckraking: the golden age of journalism -- _tDefying the Ku Klux Klan -- _tFather Coughlin: formenting anti-semitism via the radio -- _tCreating "Rosie the Riveter": propelling the American woman into the workforce -- _tExposing Joe McCarthy: television's finest hour -- _tPushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda -- _tVietnam War: bringing the battlefield into the American living room -- _tWatergate forces the president to his knees -- _tRush Limbaugh: leading the Republican revolution -- _tHow the news media have shaped history: focusing on the how.
650		0	_aPress _zUnited States _xInfluence.
650		0	_aPress and politics _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJournalism _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
938			_aBaker & Taylor _bBKTY _c38.00 _d38.00 _i0813332117 _n0002936496 _sactive
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