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When the news broke : Chicago 1968 and the polarizing of America

Title: When the news broke : Chicago 1968 and the polarizing of America / Heather Hendershot.
Author: Hendershot, Heather
Publication: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2022]

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Description

390 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Heather Hendershot argues that a moment long understood as sitting at the crux of American political history-the chaos of the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago-is also crucial to understanding the country's media history. By scrutinizing those events and broadcasts in precise detail, Hendershot documents the emergence of the idea that the media are inherently liberal. As she shows, the public was unwilling to accept what was happening, and when exposed to even a fraction of the chaos, recoiled at what they thought could only be the malicious bias of the gatekeepers of the airwaves"--

Alternative Title

Chicago 1968 and the polarizing of America

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Breaking the News, Chicago Style -- The Storm before the Storm -- Day One: "If the Democratic Party can't be democratic, what hope is there for democracy?" -- Day Two: "We filibustered with Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum matters until the American people had gone to bed." -- Day Three: "You do what's right, you don't have to give a worry about the television medium." -- Day Four: "Maybe this is a kiss-and-make-up session, but it's not really intended quite that way, Mayor Daley." -- The Storm after the Storm -- Conclusion: From Biased News to Fake News.

Call Number

JFE 23-2862

ISBN

9780226768526
022676852X
9780226768663 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022017164

OCLC

1304339548

Author

Hendershot, Heather, author.

Title

When the news broke : Chicago 1968 and the polarizing of America / Heather Hendershot.

Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2022]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

JFE 23-2862

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