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OverviewTaking Journalism Seriously provides a groundbreaking analysis of the adequacy of the standard of objectivity in journalism, using the journalistic principles of the Founding Fathers of America as the point of comparison. The author traces the present controversy back to the start of the consistent controversy that surrounds the press coverage of politics, when in 1969 Vice President Spiro Agnew charged the nation's television networks and newspapers with distorting political events and hampering the functioning of the government. He exposes the gradual shift of the press away from the objective reporting of facts into a partisan instrument for safeguarding the public's right to know. The line between editorial writing and reporting has virtually disappeared. Since objectivity provided its most dominant proof of integrity, the public trust of this institution has diminished. The author draws on major incidents that demonstrate this shift, including a prominent CBS documentary, the New York Times reporting on the Pentagon Papers, and the writers who influenced this evolution in journalism, while balancing this situation against the ideas of the Founding Fathers on journalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard H. Reeb, Jr.Publisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780761812753ISBN 10: 076181275 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 28 February 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contentschapter 1 Preface chapter 2 Introduction chapter 3 The Selling of the Pentagon : How CBS Edits Interviews and Speeches; How CBS Defends its Editing Practices; CBS Makes its Case Against Propaganda; The Critics Make Their Case Against CBS chapter 4 The Pentagon Papers: How the Times Reports Secrets; Why the Times Failed in Its Criticism; Objective Journalism as Authority; The Right to Know or Media Discretion? chapter 5 Roots of the Current Problem: Walter Lippmann and Citizenship; The Limits of History and Science; James Reston: A Reporter in Politics chapter 6 The Journalism of the Founders: Thomas Jefferson: Politics of Journalism; James Madison: Teacher and Exemplar; Alexander Hamilton Completes his Work chapter 7 Afterword chapter 8 IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRichard H. Reeb is Instructor of Political Science and Philosophy at Barstow College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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