The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler

The author describes the efforts of influential conservative newspaper publishers in Britain and the USA to influence public opinion against intervention to counter the expansionist fascist powers (Germany and Italy) in the 1930s. A through line is the fear of these gentlemen that war among the "white" powers would weaken their domination over their colonized peoples. A plus is Olmsted's descriptions of the often colorful and quirky characters of her subjects.

I didn’t realize what a long standing and pervasive hold the “right” wing had on media until I read this book

This book describes a number of owners and editors of what became influential newspapers and how their personal political views helped shape public policy.Nothing new, and in the current age of social media and internet communication, less relevant,