Discusses press coverage of the Bush administration, asserting that financial concerns and the fear of being cut off from news sources has led major media outlets to minimize their political criticism and abdicate their duty to report fairly and accurately.

Product Description: Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability is the first large-scale examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Douglas Arnold asks: do local newspapers provide the information citizens need in order to hold representatives accountable for their actions in office? In contrast with previous studies, which largely focused on the campaign period, he tests various hypotheses about the causes and consequences of media coverage by exploring coverage during an entire congressional session...read more

A sympathetic behind-the-scenes analysis of the workings of Bush's strategists evaluates the unexpectedly dramatic ways in which the president is endeavoring to stop judicial activism and end global tyranny in spite of his dwindling popularity. By the author of At Any Cost and Farhenhype 9/11.

Looks at the coverage of national events by predominantly black newspapers, including the 'Chicago Defender,' the 'Pittsburgh Courier,' the 'Black Dispatch,' and the 'Jackson Advocate,' from the antebellum period and antislavery movement through the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Twenty-one distinguished American journalists, beginning with Ted Koppel and concluding with Knight Ridder's war correspondent Tom Lasseter, talk candidly about the current state of American journalism and consider the trend toward junk information and misinformation.

'Presented in graphic-novel format, an examination of the 1905 plot fabricated by anti-Semitic secret police that was used to accuse Jewish leaders of wanting to take over the world discusses the contributions of such individuals as Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolph Hitler, tracing how Protocols became an internationally accepted truth and tragically succeeded far beyond propagandistic ambitions.'

The political columnist and panelist author of Fat Man in a Middle Street shares witty and insightful observations about the American election process, covering such topics as the misuse of polls, media misrepresentation and irresponsibility, and the role of racism in politics. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The Senior White House Correspondent for the Washington Times sheds new light on the policies and actions of the Bush administration during his first term in office, from the contested 2000 election to the Iraqi conflict and preparations for the 2004 election. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Product Description: Most issues in American political life are complex and multifaceted, subject to multiple interpretations and points of view. How issues are framed matters enormously for the way they are understood and debated. For example, is affirmative action a just means toward a diverse society, or is it reverse discrimination? Is the war on terror a defense of freedom and liberty, or is it an attack on privacy and other cherished constitutional rights? Bringing together some of the leading researchers in American politics, Framing American Politics explores the roles that interest groups, political elites, and the media play in framing political issues for the mass public...read more

Analyzes the part the press played in the rise and fall of Senator McCarthy and his anti-communist campaign in the fifties

Product Description: In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush and his administration offered a 'political fundamentalism' that capitalized upon the fear felt by many Americans. Political fundamentalism is the adaptation of a conservative religious worldview, via strategic language choices and communication approaches, into a policy agenda that feels political rather than religious...read more

Product Description: Updated and revised to increase clarity and further improve student learning, the Eighth Edition of Gareth Williams' classic text is designed for the introductory course in linear algebra. It provides a flexible blend of theory and engaging applications for students within engineering, science, mathematics, business management, and physics...read more

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The author of Reckless Disregard and Toward a Radical Middle shares a collection of essays that reflect on politics and the media, covering such topics as the Watergate scandals, the Starr Report, daytime television, movie reviews, and the Bork nomination. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: Prize-winning reporter Robert Shogan draws on the lessons of nine presidential elections to show where the press goes wrong in the making of the president. The media, Mr. Shogan argues, now play the role of enablers. Without fully realizing it, they allow and abet the abuse of the political process by the candidates and their handlers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: What do local media report about Congress and its members. The purpose of this book is to look at what that coverage depends on and to extent to which congressional reporting meets the needs of congressional members and citizens. The chapters reveal that local congressional coverage does indeed vary widely, but in predictable ways...read more

An Associated Press reporter who covered Hillary Clinton for more than a decade turns her attention to the former first lady's run for Senate, plowing through the gossip and political warfare surrounding her historic run. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

This volume analyzes and compares the use of communication strategies of presidents and their administrations during the television age of politics. The study begins in 1961 - the start of Kennedy's administration - which represents an era of politics that has been greatly defined by mass media's participation. Communication strategies emerge for every president and can shape, to varying degrees, the relationship that the president has with the press and the public. To understand how a president communicates is to understand an important base of power for the modem presidency. This book demonstrates that various factors can play a role in whether or not a present succeeds at controlling the political agenda. Two critical factors include presidential rhetoric and the president's relationship with the news media. The concluding argument demonstrates that communication strategies have become an important and permanent part of the everyday operation of the White House. Presidents must use the press to govern, but they do not have much control over the final message, which creates many challenges for successful presidential leadership. Also, many implications exist about the role that communication strategies play in the actual act of governming, and the question remains as to whether an effective communication strategy equates to true presidential leadership and/or effective governing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The line dividing public life and private behavior in American politics is more blurred than ever. When it comes to questions about sex, substance abuse and family life, anything goes on the political desk in many newsrooms, including uncorroborated hearsay disguised as news...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This thought-provoking book offers the most insightful critique of the relationship among the press, politics, and public life in decades. Disdain for politics today in the United States is almost universal. Condemnation of the press is rampant as well...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)