Chapter 8: Father Coughlin - Fomenting Anti-Semitism via the Radio

Anti-semitism - hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-semitism


Anti-semitism is alive a well even in today's society.  When you watch the news, there are stories that have to do with hate towards Jews.  After reading Chapter 8 in Mightier than the Sword you get an understanding of how Anti-semitism spread.  it spread through media, newspapers, etc.  Father Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest, preached Anti-semitism during the 1930s and 1940s on the radio.  People would tune in and listen every Sunday to hear what he had to say.  Coughlin's message was "Jews were evil, money-hungry conspirators who had infiltrated American life and were destroying every value that Christian people held sacred."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/81635051@N00/62772825