About this episode

The episode explores the power of the press and its role in balancing governmental authority through historical figures.

Press has power. Can it be too much? Or is it needed to offset governmental power? We look at some interesting, powerful, and at times problematic press people. The renegade Grant critic Don Piatt, the FDR basher McCormick, Seward's pain and Lincoln's booster Medill, and the man who ran for President, Horace Greeley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Carlson

Topics covered

• press power
• governmental power
• media influence
• historical figures
• political criticism
• American history

Keywords

• press
• government
• Don Piatt
• McCormick
• Seward
• Lincoln
• Medill
• Horace Greeley
• politics
• history

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