It’s 1927, and the news media are out of control
Charles Lindbergh and his plane. (Library of Congress photo via Mother Nature Network) Bill Bryson’s book One Summer: America, 1927 captures a moment when the country’s burgeoning news media feasted on the stories of two extraordinary men, Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh. The media made them into gods. The baseball hero basked in the attention. The […]
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