Walter Lippmann
American journalist and political commentator
Walter Lippmann was an American journalist whose career lasted 60 years. He wrote Public Opinion, a 1922 book on media and democracy.
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American Born 1889 in New York City, United States Died 1974
About Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann (1889 to 1974) was born in New York and became an American journalist and political commentator. He was one of the earliest people to bring the idea of the Cold War into public discussion, and he coined the word "stereotype" in its modern psychological sense. He wrote a syndicated newspaper column, "Today and Tomorrow", and several books that examine the press and democracy. He won two Pulitzer Prizes. After the First World War, he served as research director of Woodrow Wilson's board of inquiry. His best-known book is Public Opinion, published in 1922. It explores how media and psychological factors shape what people believe and how democratic life unfolds.