Screen LibraryWatchdogs of democracy? : the waning Washington press corps and how it has failed the public /
The dean of the Washington press corps shares her personal manifesto about the responsibility of the press to provide quality political news coverage, arguing that reporters have increasingly failed to meet the challenge.
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The dean of the Washington press corps shares her personal manifesto about the responsibility of the press to provide quality political news coverage, arguing that reporters have increasingly failed to meet the challenge. |
| Item Description: |
Includes index. "A Lisa Drew book." |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 215 p. ; 24 cm. |
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9780743267816 (hardcover) : 0743267818 (hardcover) 9780743267823 (pbk) 0743267826 (pbk) |
| Index Number: | PN4738 |
| CLC: | G219.712-05 |
| Call Number: | G219.712-05/T457 |
| Contents: |
Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Journalism : a most honorable profession -- Eruptions of corruption -- Presidents & reporters : never the twain shall meet -- Press secretaries : in the bull's-eye -- Spinning the news -- Hail to the heroic leakers and whistle-blowers : and the journalists who protect them -- Newspapers are a business, too -- FCC : fair and balanced? -- Lapdogs of the press -- Foreign correspondents in Iraq : déjà vu all over again! -- greatest American journalists of our times -- Epilogue -- Index. |