Del i serien Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion

When the Press Fails

Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

AvW. Lance Bennett,Regina G. Lawrence,Steven Livingston

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A sobering look at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, "When the Press Fails" argues that the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway.The result is both an indictment of official spin and an urgent call to action that questions why the mainstream press failed to challenge the Bush administration's arguments for an invasion of Iraq or to illuminate administration policies underlying the Abu Ghraib controversy. Drawing on revealing interviews with Washington insiders and analysis of content from major news outlets, the authors illustrate the media's unilateral surrender to White House spin whenever oppositional voices elsewhere in government fall silent. Contrasting these grave failures with the refreshingly critical reporting on Hurricane Katrina - a rare event that caught officials off guard, enabling journalists to enter a nospin zone - "When the Press Fails" concludes by proposing new practices to reduce reporters' dependence on power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-09-01
Mått17 x 23 x 2 mm
Vikt425 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion
Antal sidor280
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226042855

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W. Lance Bennett is professor of political science and the Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication at the University of Washington. Regina G. Lawrence is the Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Chair of Political Communication in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Steven Livingston is professor of media and international affairs in the School of Media and Public Affairs and the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.

"The hand-in-glove relationship of the U.S. media with the White House is mercilessly exposed in this determined and disheartening study that repeatedly reveals how the press has toed the official line at those moments when its independence was most needed." - George Pendle, Financial Times "Bennett, Lawrence, and Livingston are indisputably right about the news media's dereliction in covering the administration's campaign to take the nation to war against Iraq." - Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune "This analysis of the weaknesses of Washington journalism deserves close attention." - Russell Baker, New York Review of Books"