News For All The People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media

A new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story

From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America’s racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country’s media system, just as the media has contributed to—and every so often, combated—racial oppression. News for All the People reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans received from the mainstream media. It unearths numerous ex...