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Hack or harbinger?

It's quite possible that Joseph Goebbels was the most frequently filmed politician of the 20th century. Although the flushed faces and fist-pounding antics of today's politicians are now an everyday television event, they were not so common when Germany's first and only propaganda minister was schilling the virtues of the Nazi party. In this sense, Goebbels' life reaches out beyond the confines of the Third Reich, foreshadowing today's leadership through media.
March 1, 2004

It's quite possible that Joseph Goebbels was the most frequently filmed politician of the 20th century. Although the flushed faces and fist-pounding antics of today's politicians are now an everyday television event, they were not so common when Germany's first and only propaganda minister was schilling the virtues of the Nazi party. In this sense, Goebbels' life reaches out beyond the confines of the Third Reich, foreshadowing today's leadership through media.

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