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Journalism Objectivity United States History 20th century Journalism Social aspects United States History 20th century Press and politics United States History 20th century Progressivism (United States politics) History 20th century Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History 20th century Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Sensationalism in journalism United States History 20th century Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 United States Politics and government 1901-1909 United States Politics and government 1909-1913Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Summary: A dynamic history of the muckracking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft--a close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912 when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that cripples the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the 'muckraking' press Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.91 GOOCampbell, W. Joseph.
Summary: Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? Did William Randolph Hearst vow to "finish the war" in the 1898 conflict with Spain? In Getting It Wrong, W. Joseph Campbell addresses and dismantles such prominent media-driven myths--stories about or by the news media that are widely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2010