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When the press fails : political power and the news media from Iraq to Katrina /

Bennett, W. Lance.

When the press fails : political power and the news media from Iraq to Katrina / W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - xiii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in communication, media, and public opinion .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.

Press politics in America : the case of the Iraq war -- The semi-independent press : a theory of news and democracy -- None dare call it torture : Abu Ghraib and the inner workings of press dependence -- The news reality filter : why it matters when the press fails -- Managing the news : spin, status, and intimidation in the Washington political culture -- Toward an independent press : a standard for public accountability

9780226042848 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0226042847 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2006034501


Government and the press--History--United States--21st century.
Press and politics--History--United States--21st century.
Journalism--Objectivity--History--United States--21st century.

PN4738 / .B37 2007

071/.30905

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