Reports on the rise of fascism in Europe was not the American media's finest hour
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How to cover the rise of a political
leader who’s left a paper trail of anti-constitutionalism, racism and
the encouragement of violence? Does the press take the position that its
subject acts outside the norms of society? Or does it take the position
that someone who wins a fair election is by definition “normal,”
because his leadership reflects the will of the people?
These are the questions that confronted the U.S. press after the
ascendance of fascist leaders in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and
1930s.
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