| Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War Over Anonymous Sources Contributor(s): Pearlstine, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374531188 ISBN-13: 9780374531188 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $24.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: In this powerful inside story, Pearlstine calls on Congress to pass a federal shield law protecting journalists from the needless intrusions of government. At the same time, he calls on the press to name its sources whenever possible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Freedom - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| LCCN: 2008274689 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Confidentiality has become a weapon in the White House's war on the press, a war fought with the unwitting complicity of the press itself. Norman Pearlstine takes us behind the scenes of one of the most controversial courtroom dramas of our time. When Pearlstine--as editor in chief of Time Inc.--agreed to give prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald a reporter's notes of a conversation with a "confidential source," he was vilified for betraying the freedom of the press. But Pearlstine shows that "Plamegate" was not the clear case it seemed to be. In his "vigorously written" inside story (The Washington Post), Pearlstine daringly challenges the conventional wisdom that freedom of the press is an absolute. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pearlstine, Norman: - Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief of Time Inc. from 1995 to 2005, was previously the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. He trained as a lawyer before making his career as a journalist. He was just named chief content officer of Bloomberg L.P. |