Americans have a healthy distrust of the mainstream media today. But only the most sophisticated consumers of news know of just how the media has taken on the role of kingmakers for the benefit of corporations and their stockholders.
In the 1970s , Gravel opposed the military draft and nuclear weapons testing and was questioned by media journalists. Today they refer to him as a hero yet still a long shot, maverick or worse, unelectable, when it comes to his presidential bid.