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The Story of News:
News spreads, grows, explodes. But some things never change. Always there are those who would control news and those who would face it; those who would use it to mislead and those who would use it to enlighten.
This gallery tells the timeless story of our need to know and our need to tell, of many voices struggling to be heard. It chronicles the people and machines that spread the news and the context in which they did it.
Display cases along the gallery walls examine recurring issues that confront journalists. Five theaters showcase video presentations exploring those issues. A timeline in the center features historic newspapers and magazines. Within the timeline are 10 touch-screens that offer interactive games, a database of journalists and close-up views of hundreds of publications and ront pages in the Newseum collection. |