Lippmann

[lip-muhn, leep-man]

noun

1. Gabriel 1845–1921, French physicist: Nobel Prize 1908.

2. Walter, 1889–1974, U.S. journalist.

Lippmann

/ lipman, ˈlɪpmən /

noun

1. Gabriel (ɡabriɛl). 1845–1921, French physicist. He devised the earliest process of colour photography: Nobel prize for physics 1908

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It took nearly a decade, a task complicated, he said, by Mr. Lippmann’s reluctance to reveal “personal” aspects of his life.

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For Progressive intellectuals like Walter Lippmann, it meant security from economic want.

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A century ago, journalist Walter Lippmann wrote that the press, rather than bringing order to political chaos, tends to "intensify" it.

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“And my advice to him,” Lippmann said, “was get the tools you need or get out.”

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I think a lot about what Walter Lippmann wrote in Public Opinion almost 100 years ago, that one of the most powerful functions media have is creating narratives out of facts.

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