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The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics.(Brief Article)

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From: National Review
Date: 19920720
Author:Kelly, Frank J.

The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics, by Greg Mitchell (Random House, 662 pp., $27.50)

IN 1934, Upton Sinclair, muckraking journalist and socialist, shocked America by capturing California's Democratic gubernatorial nomination. In this richly detailed book, particularly topical in the year of Perot, Greg Mitchell reminds us that in politics anything can happen. But the main topic here is the rise of "media campaigning." Hollywood, run by conservative moguls, was horrified by the Sinclair candidacy. The ...

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