Chapter 1 | Citizen Hearst, Part 1
Clip: Season 33 Episode 43 | 9m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
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Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane.
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Chapter 1 | Citizen Hearst, Part 1
Clip: Season 33 Episode 43 | 9m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane.
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Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | A noted journalist, Joseph Pulitzer became a newspaper owner at age 25. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | Marion Davies was the mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | Millicent Hearst was married to the media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. (1m 18s)
Preview: S33 Ep43 | 1m 45s | Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, who transformed how Americans get the news. (1m 45s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 1m 18s | William Randolph Hearst was the first American media mogul. (1m 18s)
Clip: S33 Ep43 | 7m 38s | Unverified sensationalism was Hearst’s stock-in-trade. (7m 38s)
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