Bad news : where the press goes wrong in the making of the president / Robert Shogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shogan, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press and politics--United States.

Press and politics.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : I.R. Dee, 2001.

Summary:

In Bad News, Robert Shogan draws on the lessons of nine presidential elections to assess the power and role of the press in the making of the president. The media, Mr. Shogan argues, now play the role of enablers. Without fully realizing it, they allow and abet the abuse of the political process by the candidates and their handlers. Bad News targets not only the machinations of the competing campaigns but the innate weaknesses and limitations of the press corps, with special attention to the 2000 election.

Contents:

1. The Enablers 3

2. 1968: "The Omnipotent Eye" 20

3. 1972: "The Greatest Goddam Change" 45

4. 1976: The Talent Scouts 69

5. 1980: Hostage to Crisis 90

6. 1984: "You Cover the News, We'll Stage It" 109

7. 1988: Character Study 132

8. 1992: Beat the Press 152

9. 1996: Not the Russian Revolution 174

10. 2000: Seduction on the Straight-talk Express 197

11. Ballots on Broadway 217

12. From Liebling's Law to Gresham's Law 246.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-295) and index.

ISBN:

156663346X

OCLC:

45195570