Crash Course
Media Regulation: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the government interacts with and influences the content we see. Now it may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real...
Crash Course
The Rise of Conservatism Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the rise of the conservative movement in United States politics. So, the sixties are often remembered for the liberal changes that the decade brought to America, but lest you forget, Richard Nixon...
Curated Video
The Pentagon Papers: Explained
The Pentagon Papers revealed how the U.S. government had lied to the public about its involvement in the Vietnam War. Leaked by the New York Times, this opened the door for future whistleblowers to expose the truth.
Mr. Beat
Protecting Whistleblowers | New York Times Co. v. United States
In episode 24 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man exposes dark government secrets about the Vietnam War, and gets in big trouble from the government for it. Should whistleblowers be protected?
John D Ruddy
Watergate - Manny Man Does History
Find out more about the failed break-in which lead to the downfall of President Richard Nixon, and also gave lazy journalists a quick way of naming scandals!
The Telegraph
Glenn Greenwald on why the left-wing media has turned on Biden | Off Script
Twenty years of lies from the military establishment cannot be forgotten. Journalist Glenn Greenwald asks why no one has taken accountability for the Afghanistan debacle and argues for a new system of transparency. Greenwald joins Steven...
Ancient Lights Media
US Constitution: Freedom of the Press
Understanding the U.S. Constitution: 6. This clip examines the guarantee of Freedom of the Press in the Bill of Rights as well as the legal limitations placed on this right.
Hip Hughes History
The NY Times Co. vs the United States of America Explained: US History Review
A win for freedom of the press and a huge loss for governmental secrecy, check out the basics of this landmark Supreme Court decision.
Mr. Beat
New York Times Co. v. United States
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara creates the Vietnam Study Task Force at the Pentagon to create a study of the Vietnam War, which, by the way, was raging on the time with no end in sight. This study was to remain classified but...
Hip Hughes History
Watergate Explained: US History Review
A short theme based lecture on the regents concepts for Watergate, we will look at the actual event, the court case and the impact on Executive and Legislative power.
Getty Images
Washington Post's Ben Bradlee
Legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee receives the Presidential Medal of Honor from U.S. President Barack Obama. Bradlee died at age 93 on October 22, 2014.
Curated Video
7127A VIETNAM: PENTAGON PAPERS
Controversy is still raging in America over the leaking
to the national press of the so-called Pentagon
Papers - the secret history of America's conduct of
the Vietnam War which was commissioned by former
US Defence Secretary Robert...
PBS
Pbs Video: Daniel Ellsberg: Willing to Risk Prosecution
Daniel Ellsberg talks about how the knowledge he had about the Pentagon Papers made him an accomplice to the government's secrets, and how he decided that he would be willing to risk prosecution to bring these secrets to light. [2:59]