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All Sides with Ann Fisher - 11:00 AM - Harding and the Marion Star: Newspapers and Politicians
 
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Warren G. Harding's stint as president often overshadows the thirty-nine years he spent as owner of the Marion Daily Star, in Marion, Ohio. This hour we'll talk about how Harding's days as a newspaperman shaped his presidency; we'll discuss the rise and fall of the family-owned paper, and the intersection of the press and politics.

Guests:

Sheryl Smart Hall, author of Warren G. Harding & the Marion Daily Star, site manager of the Harding Home Presidential Site
Christopher Daly, professor of journalism at Boston University
Michael Curtin, Ohio state representative, former editor and vice chairman of the Columbus Dispatch
July 21, 2014