Throughout American history, the press has been incredibly adept at making the public aware. The press's attempt to lead public opinion is the focus of the chapters on the partisan press, the antebellum period, and the first Red Scare in 1919.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-244) and index.

Selling the American revolution / Carol Sue Humphrey -- Battle without a rule book / Donald Avery -- The Legislation of prior restraint / Donald Avery -- Journalism for God and man / Bernell Tripp -- Old Osawatomie Brown: martyr or madman? / Lloyd Chiasson Jr. -- Words for war / Donald Reynolds -- Journey to Cuba: the yellow crisis / Gene Wiggins -- Descent into hell: the red crisis / Joseph McKerns -- The Japanese-American enigma / Lloyd Chiasson Jr. -- McCarthy's journalism / Lloyd Chiasson Jr. -- The Unraveling of America / Arthur Kaul -- David Duke and the New Orleans Times-Picayune / Keith Woods -- Population: the once and future environmental crisis / Mike Maher -- The Press and crisis: what have we learned? / Mike Maher and Lloyd Chiasson Jr.