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Trailer | Citizen Hearst

Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, who transformed how Americans get the news.

Aired 09/27/2021

American Experience

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.

Aired 09/27/2021

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Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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Chapter 1 | Citizen Hearst, Part 1

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Watch a preview of Part One of Citizen Hearst. (9m 52s)

Joseph Pulitzer

A noted journalist, Joseph Pulitzer became a newspaper owner at age 25. (1m 18s)

Marion Davies

Marion Davies was the mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1m 18s)

Millicent Hearst

Millicent Hearst was married to the media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1m 18s)

William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst was the first American media mogul. (1m 18s)

Yellow Journalism

Unverified sensationalism was Hearst’s stock-in-trade. (7m 38s)

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