Political Rewind: Author Heather Hendershot discusses the 1968 DNC in her book "When the News Broke"
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Friday on Political Rewind: Host Bill Nigut sits down with author Heather Hendershot to discuss her book When the News Broke. Hendershot is a professor of film and media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her books include What’s Fair on the Air? Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest and Open to Debate: How William F. Buckley Put Liberal America on the Firing Line. Panelist: Heather Hendershot, professor, MIT, @ProfHendershot Timestamps: :00- Introductions 3:00- What was Chicago like in 1968 6:00- How the media was deemed liberal 15:00- Then Mayor Daley calls for National Guard 24:00- Journalists attacked 26:00- Julian Bond's role in DNC 35:00- Global unrest in 1968 39:00- The term fake news 44:00- Walter Cronkite interview with Mayor Daley Monday on Political Rewind: AJC columnist Patricia Murphy joins the panel.
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