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Hoover's FBI and the fourth estate : the campaign to control the press and the Bureau's image / Matthew Cecil.

Van Pelt Library HV8144.F43 C426 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cecil, Matthew, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
Hoover, J. Edgar.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.
United States.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Journalism--Objectivity--United States--History.
Journalism.
Journalism--Political aspects.
Government and the press--United States--History.
Government and the press.
Public relations--United States--History.
Public relations.
History.
Journalism--Objectivity.
Physical Description:
x, 355 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Contents:
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction
The FBI's ongoing crisis of legitimacy
A Bureau built for public relations
Enforcing the Bureau's image of restraint
Silencing a "useful citizen"
Investigating critics on the left
Dividing the press
Engaging defenders in the press
Corresponding with friends in the press
Managing friends in the broadcast media
Renewing the FBI story in Bureau-authorized books
Building a television audience
Conclusion
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780700619467
0700619461
OCLC:
862053004

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