When the Press Fails – Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina

Author:   W. Lance Bennett ,  Regina G Lawrence ,  Steven Livingston ,  Regina G. Lawrence
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
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9780226042848


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   15 May 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   W. Lance Bennett ,  Regina G Lawrence ,  Steven Livingston ,  Regina G. Lawrence
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.514kg
ISBN:  

9780226042848


ISBN 10:   0226042847
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   15 May 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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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


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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.

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