news media

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  6/10/2021
  

  How the George Floyd Uprising Was Framed for White Eyes

  Some of the most iconic news photographs of the Civil Rights Movement told a particular story to white liberals – that Black protesters were passive victims needing their help, instead of actively fighting for freedom. Those photos today help define the mainstream limits of "acceptable" protest. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/16/2020
  

  The A.P. Apologizes for ‘Thought for Today’ From Jefferson Davis

  The wire service, which serves more than 2,000 newspapers, published a quotation from the leader of the Confederacy on his birth date. It ran in dozens of papers.

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• SOURCE: Yale University Press Blog
  5/29/2020
  

  Fake News, Then and Now

  by Tracy Campbell

  Rumor and gossip during World War II reflected currents of racism in American society, as well as many citizens' unwillingness to make deep sacrifices to the war effort. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/26/2020
  

  William Small, Who Made CBS Washington Bureau a TV News Powerhouse, Dies at 93

  William Small built CBS News into a top journalistic organization that covered the biggest stories of the 1960s and 1970s. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/30/2020
  

  The Country has been Through a Draining, News-Packed April Before

  by Christopher B. Daly

  By the end of April 1945, the institutions of American journalism generally met the challenges of an overwhelming torrent of news and helped other American institutions manage military, political and economic transition.