Editing Robert W. McChesney (section)

==Background and education==
McChesney was born in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, on December 22, 1952, to Samuel Parker McChesney, an advertising salesman for ''[[This Week (magazine)|This Week]]'' magazine, and his wife Edna Margaret "Meg" (née McCorkle) McChesney, a nurse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KR4X-GFM|title=United States Public Records, 1970-2009|publisher=FamilySearch|access-date=March 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/1998/03/10/mcchesney-samuel-parker-jr/|title=Mcchesney, Samuel Parker Jr.|publisher=Hartford Courant|access-date=March 10, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170511025123/http://articles.courant.com/1998-03-10/news/9803100221_1_montserrat-memorial-service-east-berlin|archive-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name = Gabriel>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/media/robert-w-mcchesney-dead.html|title = Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72|last = Gabriel|first = Trip|date = April 8, 2025|accessdate = April 8, 2025|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> He grew up in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]], and attended [[Evergreen State College|The Evergreen State College]] in [[Olympia, Washington]], where he studied history and political economy.<ref name = Gabriel/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.evergreen.edu/evergreenmind/robert-mcchesney-79-on-tour-with-new-book-dollarocracy|title=Robert McChesney '77 on Tour with New Book: "Dollarocracy"|date=October 30, 2013 |publisher=The Evergreen Mind|access-date=March 10, 2017}}</ref>