A riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of
the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media.
 “The whole world is watching!” cried protestors at the
1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the
streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network
television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were
stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved what
they got. No one—least of all Chicago mayor Richard J.
Daley—was happy with how the networks handled it.  In When
the News Broke, Heather Hendershot revisits TV coverage of those
four chaotic days in 1968—not only the violence in the streets
but also the tumultuous convention itself, where Black citizens and
others forcefully challenged southern delegations that had excluded
them, anti-Vietnam delegates sought to change the party’s policy
on the war, and journalists and delegates alike were bullied by
both Daley’s security forces and party leaders. Ultimately,
Hendershot reveals the convention as a pivotal moment in American
political history, when a distorted notion of “liberal media
bias” became mainstreamed and nationalized.  At the same
time, she celebrates the values of the network news professionals
who strived for fairness and accuracy. Despite their efforts,
however, Chicago proved to be a turning point in the public’s
trust in national news sources. Since those critical days, the
political Right in the United States has amplified distrust of TV
news, to the point where even the truest and most clearly
documented stories can be deemed “fake.” As Hendershot
demonstrates, it doesn’t matter whether the “whole world is
watching” if people don’t believe what they see.
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