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Huey Long Vs. The Media by NPR

Huey Long Vs. The Media

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by NPR

Published: Thu Aug 01 2019

Show Notes

Huey Pierce Long: you either loved him, or hated him. He combined progressive economic ideas with an autocratic streak, earning him thousands of adoring fans and fearful enemies. Long went from traveling salesman to Louisiana governor, and then US senator, through his mastery of the media. Then once in power, he waged a war against it.

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