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Author:   Melvin J. Lasky
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Transaction Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9780765802200

ISBN 10:   0765802201
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   31 March 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Part 1: Towards a Theory of Journalistic Malpractice 1. From A. N. Whitehead to Irving Kristol Illusions and Self-Deception Hard Facts and Soft Future Adversarial Culture ""Sensations"": From Silent Images to Talking Pictures Art News and New Art Of Nihilism and Mendacity 2. The Little Lie and the Big Story Hitler's Hoax The Counterfeiter's Fiction Mysteries of the Piltdown Forgery 3. Difficulties in Grappling with Reality The Reporter Rearranges the Scene Janet Cooke and the Color of Truth The Duping of Hersh's ""Camelot"" Martin Walser's ""Catechism of Correctness"" 4. The New Shamanism Part 2: Sex and Other Ongoing Titillations 5. The Ennui of Obscenity Between Sexual Virility and Erotic Fatigue Low Notes in High C A-Word to S-Word, and their Synonyms Of Ideology and Scatology The Snafu Known as Swag Filling Out the Missing Details Private Parts, Public Lives Alphabet Soup Mr. Bloomberg's ""$!*@&"" 6. ""O Propheta"" The Last Refuge Porno Ploys and Crackable Codes A*c*c*o*m*p*l*i*c*e*s, or: Participatory Obscenity Steiner and Burgess On ""Love"" 7. Chaucer and a Choice of Taboo Words 8. Strong Odors, Blurred Pictures 9. Obsessions with the S-Word 10. The Case of the Missing F**r-L****r Word 11. Asterisks: From Byron to Madonna 12. Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad F-Word? 13. Tiger, the Times, and a Dreaded Black Asterisk 14. Morphing the A-Word 15. Terms of Agreement and Endearment 16. The Mergenthaler Option 17. A Matter of Illegitimacy 18. The Guard that Failed 19. The Desperate Search for ""the Good Bits"" Sporting Language Tom Jones and the Language Police 20. Swearing is the Curse Part 3: Literary Origins and Popular Consequences 21. Sources of Malpractice 22. From Wordsworth to Orwell and Hemingway 23. The Prose We Write and Speak 24. Dealing with the Grandmother Tongue The Continuing Domestication of Yiddishisms Leo Rosten's Gallimaufry 25. Quotations that were Unquoted 26. Dirty Realism in the White House and Beyond 27. Towards a Vocabulary of Pop Diplomacy Notes Index"

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-In taking on vulgarity, profanity, and obscenity in US and international news media, Lasky looks at the use of asterisks, ampersands, and exclamation marks to mask curse words. He also notes the migration of the asterisk in newspapers from curse words to become the equivalent of journalistic footnotes, e.g., in describing the -stain- on Monica Lewinsky's dress... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Comprehensive collections in journalism and literary criticism supporting graduate study and research.- --R. A. Logan, Choice -This is a very discursive volume, almost more like an enlightened and erudite discussion, from a man who has observed (and clipped!) the press for decades.- --Chris Sterling, editor Communication Booknotes Quarterly

This is a very discursive volume, almost more like an enlightened and erudite discussion, from a man who has observed (and clipped!) the press for decades. - Chris Sterling, editor Communication Booknotes Quarterly

<p> In taking on vulgarity, profanity, and obscenity in US and international news media, Lasky looks at the use of asterisks, ampersands, and exclamation marks to mask curse words. He also notes the migration of the asterisk in newspapers from curse words to become the equivalent of journalistic footnotes, e.g., in describing the stain on Monica Lewinsky's dress... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Comprehensive collections in journalism and literary criticism supporting graduate study and research. <p> --R. A. Logan, Choice <p> This is a very discursive volume, almost more like an enlightened and erudite discussion, from a man who has observed (and clipped!) the press for decades. <p> --Chris Sterling, editor Communication Booknotes Quarterly

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