In Sullivan's Shadow

For many years, the far right has sown public distrust in the media as a political strategy, weaponizing libel law in an effort to stifle free speech and silence African American dissent. In Sullivan's Shadow demonstrates that this strategy was pursued throughout the civil rights era and beyond.

De multi ani, extrema dreapta a semanat neincrederea publicului in mass-media ca strategie politica, armand legea calomniilor intr-un efort de a inabusi libera exprimare si de a reduce la tacere disidenta afro-americana. In Sullivan's Shadow demonstreaza ca aceasta strategie a fost urmarita de-a lungul erei drepturilor civile si nu numai, deoarece oficialii din sud au continuat sa introduca procese in incercarile lor de a intimida jurnalistii care au publicat relatari despre brutalitatea politiei impotriva protestatarilor.