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'''Walter Lippmann'''<ref> His name is often misspelled with only one 'N'.</ref>  (1889 - 1974), was an American journalist and commentator.  Starting as a socialist he moved steadily to the right throughout his career, and was a conservative critic of the [[New Deal]].  He was the most influential journalist in America from the 1920s to the 1960s because of his honesty and fairness, his forceful writing style, his relationship with major politicians, and - despite his changing views - his conservatism and belief in using the balance of power as a means for maintaining peace. Although he was a member of the inner cirlcle of the "establishment," he opposed every president from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Nixon.  
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'''Walter Lippmann'''<ref> His name is often misspelled with only one 'N'.</ref>  (1889 - 1974), was an American journalist and commentator.  Starting as a socialist he moved steadily to the right throughout his career, and was a conservative critic of the [[New Deal]].  He was the most influential journalist in America from the 1920s to the 1960s because of his honesty and fairness, his forceful writing style, his relationship with major politicians, and - despite his changing views - his conservatism and belief in using the balance of power as a means for maintaining peace. Although he was a member of the inner cirlcle of the "establishment," he opposed every president from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. [[File:Lippman-Time.jpg|thumb|290px|''Time'' magazine Mar. 30, 1931 ''note the misspelling!''  [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741342,00.html read the cover story]]]
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