Watchdogs of democracy? : the waning Washington press corps and how it has failed the public / Helen Thomas.

Author/creator Thomas, Helen
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Scribner, ©2006.
Descriptionxxii, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents Journalism: a most honorable profession -- Eruptions of corruption -- Presidents & reporters: never the twain shall meet -- Press secretaries: in the bull's-eye -- Spinning the news -- Hail to the heroic leakers and whistle-blowers: and the journalists who protect them -- Newspapers are a business, too -- The FCC: fair and balanced? -- Lapdogs of the press -- Foreign correspondents in Iraq: déjà vu all over again! -- The greatest American journalists of our times.
General noteIncludes index.
General note"A Lisa Drew book."
LCCN 2006045641
ISBN0743267818 (hardcover)
ISBN9780743267816

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN4738 .T56 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold