Sowing the seeds of Revolution
Abolition: turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery
Slowing the momentum for women's rights
Attacking municipal corruption: the Tweed ring
Journalism as warmonger: the Spanish-American War
Muckraking: the golden age of journalism
Defying the Ku Klux Klan
Father Coughlin: formenting anti-semitism via the radio
Creating "Rosie the Riveter": propelling the American woman into the workforce
Exposing Joe McCarthy: television's finest hour
Pushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda
Vietnam War: bringing the battlefield into the American living room
Watergate forces the president to his knees
Rush Limbaugh: leading the Republican revolution
How the news media have shaped history: focusing on the how.