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Description for Bad News
Hardback. As the 2000 presidential campaign has once again demonstrated, political journalism is empowered to do good and also harm. Now a journalist offers a manual of self-defense against the excesses and distortions of presidential politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFD; JPHF; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
As the 2000 presidential campaign has once again demonstrated, political journalism is an intrusive and nettlesome trade. More important, it is freighted with power—power to do good and also harm. But how much of power is real, and how much mere perception? Prize-winning reporter Robert Shogan draws on the lessons of seven presidential elections to answer these questions in Bad News. He shows how, amidst the upheavals of the 1960s, the press emerged as what many believed was the new dominant force in presidential politics. But as reporters moved into the power vacuum created by the demise of party vitality ... Read more
As the 2000 presidential campaign has once again demonstrated, political journalism is an intrusive and nettlesome trade. More important, it is freighted with power—power to do good and also harm. But how much of power is real, and how much mere perception? Prize-winning reporter Robert Shogan draws on the lessons of seven presidential elections to answer these questions in Bad News. He shows how, amidst the upheavals of the 1960s, the press emerged as what many believed was the new dominant force in presidential politics. But as reporters moved into the power vacuum created by the demise of party vitality ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566633468
SKU
V9781566633468
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About Robert Shogan
Robert Shogan has reported on presidential politics for more than thirty years, first for Newsweek, then as national political correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, based in Washington. His work has won the Scribes Book Award and the American Political Science Association prize for distinguished reporting of public affairs. His other books include The Double-Edged Sword, The Fate ... Read more
Reviews for Bad News
A tough, perceptive, and eminently readable account...absolutely essential.
Charles Peters
Washington Monthly
This sets the sad story straight...an institution that has grown in power and yet lost its moorings in a riptide of hucksterism and handlers.
Howard Fineman
Newsweek
Shogan has got it right. This book is a wake-up call for journalists everywhere.
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Charles Peters
Washington Monthly
This sets the sad story straight...an institution that has grown in power and yet lost its moorings in a riptide of hucksterism and handlers.
Howard Fineman
Newsweek
Shogan has got it right. This book is a wake-up call for journalists everywhere.
... Read more