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Watchdogs of Democracy?
Contributor(s): Thomas, Helen (Author)
ISBN: 0743267826     ISBN-13: 9780743267823
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
OUR PRICE:   $15.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2007
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Annotation: A legendary journalist and bestselling author delivers a hard-hitting manifesto on the precipitous decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage and issues a clarion call for change.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
Dewey: 070.449
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.32" W x 7.98" (0.45 lbs) 240 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
In the course of more than sixty years spent covering Washington politics, Helen Thomas has witnessed firsthand a raft of fundamental changes in the way news is gathered and reported. Today, she sees a growing -- and alarming -- reluctance among reporters to question government spokesmen and probe for the truth. The result has been a wholesale failure by journalists to fulfill what is arguably their most vital role in contemporary American life -- to be the watchdogs of democracy.

Here, the legendary journalist and bestselling author delivers a hard-hitting manifesto on the precipitous decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage -- and issues a clarion call for change. Thomas confronts some of the most significant issues of the day and provides readers with rich historical perspective on the roots of American journalism, the circumstances attending the rise and fall of its golden age, and the nature and consequences of its current shortcomings. The book is a powerful, eye-opening discourse on the state of political reportage -- as well as a welcome and inspiring demand for meaningful and lasting reform.

Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Helen: - Helen Thomas is the dean of the White House press corps. The recipient of more than forty honorary degrees, she was honored in 1998 with the inaugural Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award, established by the White House Correspondents' Association. The author of Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President; Front Row at the White House; and Dateline: White House, she lives in Washington, D.C., where she writes a syndicated column for Hearst.