Taking journalism seriously : "objectivity" as a partisan cause / Richard H. Reeb, Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reeb, Richard H.
Language:English
Published: Lanham : University Press of America, [1999], ©1999.
Subjects:
Journalism > Objectivity > United States.
Journalism > United States > History.
Physical Description:ix, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: "The selling of the Pentagon" Chp. 1. How CBS edits interviews and speeches
  • Chp. 2. How CBS defends its editing practices
  • Chp. 3. CBS makes its case against propaganda
  • Chp. 4. The critics make their case against CBS
  • Part II: The Pentagon papers. Chp. 5. How the Times reports secrets
  • Chp. 6. Why the Times failed in its criticism
  • Chp. 7 "Objective journalism" as authority
  • Chp. 8. The right to know or media discretion?
  • Part III: Roots of the current problem. Chp. 9. Walter Lippmann and citizenship
  • Chp. 10. The limits of history and science
  • Chp. 11. James Reston: a reporter in politics
  • Part IV: The journalism of the founders. Chp. 12. Thomas Jefferson: politics of journalism
  • Chp. 13. James Madison: teacher and exemplar
  • Chp. 14. Alexander Hamilton completes the work.