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Part 1 |Citizen Hearst | American Experience

Season 33 Episode 43

William Randolph Hearst builds the nation’s largest media empire by the 1930s. Born into one of America’s wealthiest families, he used his outlets to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself.

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