William Randolph Hearst

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• 7/31/2022
  

  Kathryn Olmsted's "Newspaper Axis" Shows Media Extremism Nothing New

  by Kathryn Smith

  FDR's success in promoting the New Deal and rallying Americans to the defense of Europe against fascism was a triumph over the nation's right-wing newspaper barons. 

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  4/27/2022
  

  Musk's Twitter Bid Harkens Back to Hearst

  Richard White and Brad DeLong consider how the megabillionaire's bid for Twitter stacks up against other efforts by the ultra-rich to build media empires – is it more about attention and less about advancing financial interests? 

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• 5/16/2021
  

  Historians' Perspective on Media Bias: Where it Came from, and What Can be Done?

  by Walter G. Moss

  Historical perspective shows that media bias is nothing new, but the stakes for democracy are high today. Can historians teach and practice better ways of reading and debating to fight polarization and misinformation?

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• SOURCE: Lapham’s Quarterly
  1-24-18
  

  William Randolph Hearst for President

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Another news cycle, another media mogul stirring up electoral buzz.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  3-28-16
  

  Scale of Hearst plot to discredit Orson Welles and Citizen Kane revealed

  Memos show media mogul William Randolph Hearst’s executives conspired to undermine Welles and stop release of film.