White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her job, and two media scholars reflect on the career of the very first press secretary – a model of openness who respected news reporters.
- Global Scholar at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC and Hopkins P Breazeale Professor, Manship School of Mass Communications, Louisiana State University
Forged documents were used by the US government 100 years ago to justify hostile actions against Russia. All but one US newspaper accepted the government’s propaganda. The lessons for today are stark.
Researching how news has changed from the 17th century to the present makes two scholars sanguine about its future.
The word may be new, but the first time the ‘birther’ political ploy was used was in the 1916 presidential elections.
Candidates beware! History suggests that book writing presidents are not necessarily the best presidents.
How much money does the government spend on producing information? How many people are engaged in this? We don’t know the answers - here’s why we should.
The torpedoing of the passenger liner in 1915 was abhorrent but the story behind the story reveals one of the first effective government propaganda campaigns
The National Security Agency’s eavesdropping on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone calls. The United States Postal Service’s computers recording names and addresses on selected mail. The Obama Administration…
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