we will start with william randolph hearst. william randolph hearst at the time was a 32-year-old newspaper publisher in new york city. he had come to new york in 1895 after a successful stint in san francisco where he ran the san francisco examiner. hearst was the son of a wealthy california miner, a guy who had struck it rich in the silver mines out west. hearst was well for do, privilege the we would say today, and came to new york to acquire and run the new york journal, then a more abound newspaper. under hearst's control, the newspaper took off. it became one of the most popular daily newspapers in new york city. hearst's plan was to begin or expand his emergent media empire. he realized he had no chance of establishing himself as a media baron unless he was able to be successful in new york city. success in new york signaled success elsewhere for hearst. and by the 1930's, william randolph hearst is a big-time newspaper baron, media baron with newspapers across the country, as well as radio stations and interests in film

and we'll start with william randolph hearst. he was a newspaper publisher. he came after a successful stint in san francisco where he ran the examiner. hearst was the son of a wealthy california minor. a guy that struck it reach in the silver mines out west. he was well to do. privileged we would say today, and came to new york to run to acquire and run the new york journal. then a more abound newspaper. and under hearst control, the newspaper took off and it became one of the most popular daily newspapers in history. his plan was to begin or expand his empire. success in new york signaled success elsewhere for hearst. by the 1930s, he is a big time newspaper baron and media baron. as well as radio stations and interests in film production companies. hearst's start into the big time came at the end of the 19th century in new york. while in new york, he developed what came to be called yellow journalism. often yellow jourminalism is characterized these days with synonymous with sensational stream of the news. it was far more than sensational treatment of the

then a conversation about william randolph hearst. malcolm x's views on africa. later, women leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement. >>> american history tv products are now available at the new cspan online store. go to cspanstore.org to see what's new for american history it have and check out all of the c-span products. >>> up next, american university lecturer matthew costello teaches a class on white house myths. the class looks at the truth of popular stories like a secret tunnel system a gift alligator, how decorating traditions began and dolly madison rescuing george washington's portrait. >>> all right. so today's topic -- white house myths and popular culture. you probably have come across these things multiple times, whether you're researching things on the internet, maybe you even came across them as you were doing research for your papers in this class, but there are a number of stories that just continue to get circulated and circulated and perpetuated. what i like is you get to not only debungt these things but you get to try to figure out wher

we haven't seen this since william randolph hurst. does he feel that anxiety in the newsroom?he care about it? >> of course, we care about our staff and how people feel. but journalists have the integrity to report the news and they are doing that. i think at the end of the day, mike is crisscrossing the country meeting with tons of reporters and press and doing rallies to get his message out to voters. at the end of the day, that's where we're focused is making sure our message is heard by voters across the country. >> the campaign said he will sell bloomberg l.p. if he's elected. >> he said he will sell the company, but i don't think we have started to look for a buyer yet. we haven't even started voting yet. >> it's just not a lot of people that can buy a $60 billion media company. >> if you're interested, let me know. >> thank you very much for being here. up next, a turn from democrats to republicans and what i'm about to say is not an exaggeration. the president is threatening to use the powers of his office to destroy the image of one of america's biggest media companie

it revolves around the suppose he had vow of william randolph hearst to furnish the war with spain at the end of the 19th century. this has been over the years an all-purpose media

>>> coming up on c-span 3, american university professor lecturing about newspaper publisher william randolph hurst and the spanish american war. he debunks the myth hurt sent a telegram to a correspondent in cuba saying, quote, you furnish the pictures, i'll furnish the war. >> good morning. well, today we're going to talk about one of the most tenacious media myths in american journalism. it has to do -- it revolves around the supposed vow of william randolphur

joseph campbell lecturing about william randolph herself and yellow journalism and the spanish american war. he debunks the myth of a message sent saying "you furnish the pictures, i'll furnish the war." >>> good morning. today we're going to talk about one of the most tenacious media myths in american journalism. it has to do with the vow to furnish the war with spain at the end of the 19th