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The Powers That Be
David Halberstam
出版
Open Road Media
, 2012-12-18
主題
Social Science / Media Studies
History / United States / 20th Century
ISBN
1453286098
9781453286098
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wDpNIuIcd90C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A Pulitzer Prize winner’s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV,
Time
magazine, the
Washington Post
, and the
Los Angeles Times
.
In this fascinating
New York Times
bestseller, the author of
The Best and the Brightest
,
The Fifties
, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century.
Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television,
Time
magazine, the
Washington Post
, and the
Los Angeles Times
, David Halberstam paints a portrait of the era when large, powerful mainstream media sources emerged as a force, showing how they shifted from simply reporting the news to becoming a part of it. By examining landmark events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s masterful use of the radio and the unprecedented coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam demonstrates how print and broadcast media as a whole became a player in society and helped shape public policy.
Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the
Seattle Times
as “a monumental X-ray study of power,”
The Powers That Be
reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read.
This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.