A sign welcomes delegates to the Democratic National Convention in 1968, with helmeted police officers standing by. Bettmann/Getty Images July 8, 2024 2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite Heather Hendershot, Northwestern University The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a nightmare of protest, violent policing and chaos. How will Chicago handle the political and media event that is this year’s Democratic convention?
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to the press after the House voted to remove her from committee assignments. Drew Angerer/Getty Images February 16, 2021 46,218 news transcripts show ideologically extreme politicians get more airtime Joshua P. Darr, Louisiana State University ; Jeremy Padgett, University of Mobile, and Johanna Dunaway, Texas A&M University When far-right and far-left politicians get most of the media attention, it hurts democracy.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew on Aug. 8, 1973 at a Washington news conference. AP/file November 8, 2019 He was Trump before Trump: VP Spiro Agnew attacked the news media 50 years ago Thomas Alan Schwartz, Vanderbilt University When Vice President Spiro Agnew gave a speech in 1969 bashing the press, he fired some of the first shots in a culture war that persists to this day.