When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina. By W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 278p. $22.50 cloth, $15.00 paper.
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It takes a vacuum for the American mainstream press to seize an opening to perform its vital role. And it takes a crack in what the authors portray as an edifice of official secrecy, lying, intimidation, and retribution for the mainstream press to do its job—holding public officials to standards of accountability.
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Vol 258
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pp. 160-161
A Response to Carla Moscoso’s “Populism, the Press and the Politics of Crime in Venezuela: a Review of Robert Samet’s Deadline: Populism and the Press in Venezuela (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)”
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Vol 13
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pp. 42-44
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