Journalism – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:56:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Journalism – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Prussian Press Edict: King Frederick William IV and Press Censorship in 1843 https://brewminate.com/prussian-press-edict-frederick-william-iv-newspaper-censorship-1843/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270399 In 1843 Prussia, King Frederick William IV’s press edict tightened state control, revealing how censorship preserved monarchy while

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]]> Executive Pressure: How Nixon Used the Fairness Doctrine to Intimidate Broadcasters https://brewminate.com/richard-nixon-fairness-doctrine-intimidate-broadcasters/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270406 Under President Richard Nixon, the Fairness Doctrine became less a neutrality rule than a strategic lever for pressuring

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]]> Policing Dissent: COINTELPRO and the Long War on Press Freedom https://brewminate.com/policing-dissent-cointelpro-and-the-long-war-on-press-freedom/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:38:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269634 The history traced here demonstrates that the suppression of dissent in the United States has rarely depended on

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]]> Prior Restraint by Other Means: The Pentagon Papers and Modern Policing of the Press https://brewminate.com/prior-restraint-by-other-means-the-pentagon-papers-and-modern-policing-of-the-press/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:38:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269640 The lesson of the Pentagon Papers was not merely that the press prevailed in a landmark Supreme Court

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]]> The Fireside and the Front Page: FDR and the Battle for the American Narrative https://brewminate.com/the-fireside-and-the-front-page-fdr-and-the-battle-for-the-american-narrative/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:14:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258762 By crafting an unmediated relationship with the public, Roosevelt undermined the primacy of traditional journalism. He did so

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]]> ABC’s and CBS’s Settlements Prime Trump to be ‘Editor-in-Chief’ https://brewminate.com/abcs-and-cbss-settlements-prime-trump-to-be-editor-in-chief/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:13:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258706 Will costly settlements over news stories the president sued about influence network journalists when deciding whether to pursue

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]]> Communicating the News in Ancient Rome: Mechanisms, Media, and Message Control https://brewminate.com/communicating-the-news-in-ancient-rome-mechanisms-media-and-message-control/ Wed, 21 May 2025 14:38:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=254385 Roman “news” was always more than information—it was power. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The Roman Empire,

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]]> Truth and Trust: How Americans Define and Consume News https://brewminate.com/truth-and-trust-how-americans-define-and-consume-news/ Wed, 21 May 2025 14:38:17 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=254328 How Americans decide what ‘news’ means to them. Measuring people’s news habits and attitudes has long been a

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]]> Combative and Vitriolic: Partisan Media in Early America https://brewminate.com/combative-and-vitriolic-partisan-media-in-early-america/ Wed, 21 May 2025 14:37:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=254397 The legacy of the early American partisan press is complex. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The press

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]]> Partisan Media Causes Increased Polarization and Mistrust https://brewminate.com/partisan-media-causes-increased-polarization-and-mistrust/ Wed, 21 May 2025 14:36:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=254333 A problematic feature of American politics is the public’s susceptibility to believing political falsehoods. This study investigates the

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