Taking Journalism Seriously: Objectivity As a Partisan Cause - Couverture souple

Reeb Jr. Jr., Richard H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761812768 ISBN 13 : 9780761812760

Editeur : University Press of America, 1998

Synopsis

Taking Journalism Seriously provides a groundbreaking analysis of the adequacy of the standard of objectivity in journalism, using the journalistic principles of the Founding Fathers of America as the point of comparison. The author traces the present controversy back to the start of the consistent controversy that surrounds the press coverage of politics, when in 1969 Vice President Spiro Agnew charged the nation's television networks and newspapers with distorting political events and hampering the functioning of the government. He exposes the gradual shift of the press away from the objective reporting of facts into a partisan instrument for safeguarding the public's right to know. The line between editorial writing and reporting has virtually disappeared. Since objectivity provided its most dominant proof of integrity, the public trust of this institution has diminished. The author draws on major incidents that demonstrate this shift, including a prominent CBS documentary, the New York Times reporting on the Pentagon Papers, and the writers who influenced this evolution in journalism, while balancing this situation against the ideas of the Founding Fathers on journalism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Richard H. Reeb is Instructor of Political Science and Philosophy at Barstow College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761812768
• ISBN 13: 9780761812760
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
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