City of newsmen : public lies and professional secrets in Cold War Washington / Kathryn J. McGarr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarr, Kathryn J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign news--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.

Foreign news.

Journalists--Washington (D.C.).

Journalists.

Journalistic ethics--Washington (D.C.).

Journalistic ethics.

Journalism--Objectivity--Washington (D.C.).

Journalism.

Cold War--Press coverage--Washington (D.C.).

Cold War.

Government and the press--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.

Government and the press.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Press coverage.

United States.

Journalism--Objectivity.

Press coverage.

Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Kathryn McGarr reveals how the Cold War consensus was deliberately created, shaped, maintained, and protected by a coterie of influential journalists in Washington, DC, who calculated what they would do (or not do) for sustained access to information. The compact among journalists, elected officials, and other government operatives constrained knowledge for everyone in a time when political insight was centrally controlled and defined. Yet these reporters, many of them outsiders from the Midwest, did this not out of malfeasance but for social and political benefit, ever conscious of the need to cultivate, placate, and blend with their sources"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Building a City of Gentlemen

2. The Newsmen's Wartime Networks

3. Responsible Reporters and the Exclusive Information Economy

4. The Gentlemen of the Postwar Press

5. Battling the "Residue of Isolation"

6. Covering Imperialism in the Postwar World

7. The Breakdown Begins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226664040

022666404X

OCLC:

1302334815