Trailer | Citizen Hearst
Preview: Season 33 Episode 43 | 1m 45s
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, who transformed how Americans get the news.
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst. The model for Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, he controlled a vast media empire, wielded unprecedented power and influence, and forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
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Trailer | Citizen Hearst
Preview: Season 33 Episode 43 | 1m 45s
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst. The model for Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, he controlled a vast media empire, wielded unprecedented power and influence, and forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
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Chapter 1 | Citizen Hearst, Part 1
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Clip: S33 Ep43 | 9m 52s | Watch a preview of Part One of Citizen Hearst. (9m 52s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | A noted journalist, Joseph Pulitzer became a newspaper owner at age 25. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | Marion Davies was the mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | Millicent Hearst was married to the media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | William Randolph Hearst was the first American media mogul. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 7m 38s | Unverified sensationalism was Hearst’s stock-in-trade. (7m 38s)
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