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Monday, September 11, 2017

Media History III



Newspapers:  peaking in the 1970s


The Cronkite Moment




What was the real story behind the "Napalm Girl" photo?

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Vietnam: US Military Deaths by Year:


1964
206
1965  
1,863
1966  
6,144
1967
11,153
1968
16,589
1969
11,614


By June 1972, America has almost completed withdrawal from Vietnam:

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The Buchwald "bra-burning" column as it appeared in The Toledo Blade. How did thestory reflect then-pervasive attitudes toward gender roles?


Feminism, "Mad Men" Style



Did The Washington Post uncover Watergate?  Compare and contrast Watergate with later scandals that the media covered.





It did not happen all at once:

How Watergate Changed Public Opinion of Richard Nixon


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