On Press : The Liberal Values That Shaped the News / Matthew Pressman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pressman, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York Times Company.

Los Angeles Times (Firm).

American newspapers--Objectivity.

American newspapers.

Journalistic ethics--United States--History--20th century.

Journalistic ethics.

Journalistic ethics--United States--History--21st century.

Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.

Liberalism.

Liberalism--United States--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As Matthew Pressman’s timely history reveals, during the turbulent 1960s and 70s the core values that held the news industry together broke apart and the distinctive characteristics of contemporary American print journalism emerged. Simply reporting the facts was no longer enough as reporters recognized a need to interpret events for their readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Liberal Values, Not Liberal Bias

1. Opening the Door to Interpretation

2. Objectivity and the Right: A Worthy Ideal Abandoned

3. Objectivity and the Left: An Ideal Worth Abandoning

4. The Reader-Oriented Newspaper

5. Minorities and Women in the Newsroom: A Two-Pronged Struggle

6. The Press and the Powerful: From Allies to Adversaries

7. American Journalism and Its Values, 1980-2018: Validation, Devastation, Alteration

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674916166

0674916166

9780674916159

0674916158

OCLC:

1054129149