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Chronicle of Higher Education
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"The "War of the Worlds" broadcast remains enshrined in collective memory as a vivid illustration of the madness of crowds and the deeply invasive nature of broadcasting... Yet the media are not as powerful as most think, and the real story behind "The War of the Worlds" is a bit more complex. The panic was neither as widespread nor as serious as many have believed at the time or since."
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This is not a new site, but its recent updates have brought it back to attention. Transcripts and video from presidential -- and, when available, vice-presidential debates -- back to 1976, with some material on earlier debates, such as 1960.
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Brookings Institution.
Available online.
"Deeply ingrained practices in American journalism have produced a narrative that conditions the public to associate immigration with illegality, crisis, controversy and government failure. Meanwhile, new voices of advocacy on the media landscape have succeeded in mobilizing segments of the public in opposition to policy initiatives, sometimes by exaggerating the narrative of immigration told by traditional news organizations."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.