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The murder of Bill Stewart in Nicaragua, 1979
Seeing Bill Stewart, a news reporter, shot dead in Nicaragua in front of TV cameras, brings home the horror to Americans.
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Fri 22 Jun 1979
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Jimmy Carter elected president, 1976
How Americans feel about Jimmy Carter.
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TV news coverage, 1974
America's rolling TV news coverage, and why it makes for better democracy.
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- Fri 22 Jun 1979 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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