When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America

by Heather Hendershot

Book Overview

A riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media.

"The whole world is watching " cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226833283
• ISBN13: 9780226833286
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"