EPISODE · Oct 22, 2019 · 29 MIN
Greeley, Horace & Fenimore, David: Go West, Young Man, Go West!
from Radio Curious · host LeGov
Click here to begin listening Newspapers were the primary means of mass communication in 19th Century America. They not only told the news, but they pervaded social and political ideas of the times. Horace Greeley was one of the most colorful and outspoken newspapermen of his day. “Read and judge yourself,” was a slogan of […]
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Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/[email protected]/1197-1-Horace_Greeley_(David_Fenimore)10.22.19_IA.mp3) Newspapers were the primary means of mass communication in 19th Century America. They not only told the news, but they pervaded social and political ideas of the times. Horace Greeley was one of the most colorful and outspoken newspapermen of his day. “Read and judge yourself,” was a slogan of his, almost as well known in his lifetime as his slogan, “Go west, young man, go west,” is known now. I spoke with Horace Greeley through the personage of Chautauqua scholar David Fenimore during the 1996 Democracy in America Chautauqua series that visited Ukiah, CA. Horace Greeley recommends “Democracy in America,” by Alexis de Tocqueville. David Fenimore recommends “Breaking News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy,” by James Fallows & “Who Will Tell the People?” by William Greider. Originally Broadcast: February 26, 1997
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