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.
- Ph.D. candidate, Manship School of Mass Communication, 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.
The word may be new, but the first time the ‘birther’ political ploy was used was in the 1916 presidential elections.
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