Probably worth noting that the era of fascism was also the era of radio, and the era of Jim Crow was backed by pro-segregation newspapers.
"higher proportion of classmates from Free States significantly increased the likelihood that cadets from Slave States joined the Union Army. Second, the peer effect varies w/geography, most notably w/the slave population share in cadets’ home states or counties & with cadets’ own slave ownership"
The book notes that “of the $1.5 million that California spent on 24 different Indian-killing militia campaigns between 1850 and 1861, Congress paid the state back all but $200,000.” www.newsweek.com/2016/08/26/c...
Nostalgia for the pro-democratic media environments of the past often glosses over the anti-democratic factions of the media.