Review Essay: The Movement--Beginning to End The Trouble at L. S. E., 1966-1967 Harry Kidd Famous Long Ago: My Life and Hard Times with Liberation News Service Raymond Mungo What the Trees Said: Life on a New Age Farm Stephen Diamond

1973 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-391
Author(s):  
Kenneth Westhues
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Review Essay ◽  
New Age ◽  
News Service ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Liberation News Service

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Berrett
Keyword(s):  
Marshall Mcluhan ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Richard Nixon ◽  
News Service ◽  
Liberation News Service

The introduction lays out the rising popularity of the football in the 60s. It was acclaimed as America’s new national pastime by observers as different as Gallup, Liberation News Service, Marshall McLuhan, and Richard Nixon. ““Baseball is what we were, football is what we have become,” remarked columnist Mary McGrory. Rather than settling for the appeal of its product, the NFL promoted football as quintessentially American and perfectly in tune with the contemporary world. This notion of football’s popularity led to its use in politics as both metaphor for achievement and means of reaching voters. The politics created by the league and aspiring politicians absolutely sold appearance, but we should consider their substantive aspects as well.

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