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People's witness : the journalist in modern politics
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- Summary
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People's Witness is a study of the relationship between journalism and politics in the 20th century, telling the stories of the journalists - both good and bad - who've played key roles.
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- Creator
- Fred Inglis
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 416 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0300093276, 9780300093278
- OCLC
- ocm48930633
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-404) and index.
- First lady; Martha Gelhorn -- Cautionary history; lords of the dance -- Public opinion and mass politics; gentlemen of the press -- Walter Lippmann; the real voice of America -- Ardour and detachment; fascism, communism and journalism -- Fascism and the English -- The important fact of fictions about journalism -- The blessed simplicity of action -- Cold War and cruel peace -- The soloists; living history on our behalf -- Adventurers and constitutionalists; Vietnam and Watergate -- Fictions (2); The view from somewhere -- Rights and the right; difficulties with democracy -- Fame is the spur; news without history since 1989 -- Epilogue; for continuity