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Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann was an American journalist. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 Public Opinion.

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Born 23 September 1889 · Died 14 December 1974 · Q316568

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When everybody thinks alike, nobody is thinking much
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Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
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2025· 1 entry

Jun 19, 2025Documented record69% confidence

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Washington Examiner: Walter Lippmann’s life

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2018· 1 entry

Aug 14, 2018Documented record69% confidence

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Heartland: The Walter Lippmann Colloquium and the Meaning of Liberalism

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2014· 1 entry

Dec 23, 2014Documented record69% confidence

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Oregonian: Walter Lippmann: a giant of 20th-century journalism

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2011· 1 entry

Mar 16, 2011Documented record69% confidence

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Nieman Journalism Lab: Questioning Walter Lippmann and our methods of journalism training

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2007· 1 entry

Oct 25, 2007Documented record69% confidence

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Harper's Magazine: Walter Lippmann, Remembered

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1974· 3 entries

Dec 14, 1974Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1974-12-14.

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“When everybody thinks alike, nobody is thinking much”

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c. 1974Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote68% confidence

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“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”

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1964· 2 entries

Sep 14, 1964Documented record70% confidence

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President Lyndon Johnson presented Lippmann with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Jun 15, 1964Documented record84% confidence

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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Lyndon B. Johnson (1964).

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1962· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1962Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1962).

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1962Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Won the annual Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting citing "his 1961 interview with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, as illustrative of Lippmann's long and distinguished contribution to American journalism

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1961· 1 entry

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Lippmann won a Peabody Award for an interview on CBS Reports

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1958· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1958Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (1958).

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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As a nationally syndicated columnist, citing "the wisdom, perception and high sense of responsibility with which he has commented for many years on national and international affairs

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1947· 1 entry

1947Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949

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1943· 1 entry

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George Seldes described Lippmann as one of the two most influential columnists in the United States

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1938· 1 entry

1938Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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(died 16 February 1974), daughter of James Byrne

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1932· 1 entry

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Lippmann famously dismissed future President Franklin D

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1927· 1 entry

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Agreed about the irrationality of public opinion, but he rejected Lippmann's call for a technocratic elite

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1918· 1 entry

Jun 28, 1918Documented record66% confidence

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And was assigned to the intelligence section of the AEF headquarters in France

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1914· 1 entry

1914Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Lippmann, Herbert Croly, and Walter Weyl became the founding editors of The New Republic

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1911· 1 entry

1911Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Lippmann served as secretary to George R

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1889· 1 entry

Sep 23, 1889Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1889-09-23.

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