In reading the introduction of Mightier Than The Sword, Rodger Streitmatter discusses the concept of the news media shaping history. He explains that he used to teach a course that combined journalism and history. Students were so eager to get into his course becasue they were so interested in how the news media shaped history. In this book, there are 15 epsidoes in American History that have played a role in shaping landmark events. Streitmatter says that he has two audiences. College students, men and women who want to learn more about American news media and American history.
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He states that college students criticize the news and media for being too poweful. I'm sure that many people can agree with this. A great amount of the popular news that we are given today is very low on information. For example, Charlie Sheen. I'm sure we are all sick of hearing his name constantly. I honerstly don't think that his 'news" should be on the front page of every newspaper. Someones crazy erotic behavior clearly doesn't interest many people. It's all gossip, not informational and educational news.
In this book, Streightmatter discusses the different events in American History. The first chaper called "Sowing the Seeds of Evolution", the American Revoltion is mentioned. Sam Adams who was the prominent voice of the Boston Gazette wrote hundreds of articles. Adams also had a service in which he named "Journal Of Occurances", it became so huge that his news spread quickly through out the colonies.
