Debating war and peace : media coverage of U.S. intervention in the post-Vietnam era /

The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but are the media independent of government in practice? Here Jonathan Mermin demonstrates that when it comes to military intervention, journalists over...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mermin, Jonathan, 1966- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999
Princeton, N.J. : ©1999
Princeton, N.J. : c1999
Princeton, NJ : [1999]
Edition:Core Textbook
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • One. Introduction
  • Two. The Spectrum of Debate in the News
  • Three. Grenada and Panama
  • Four. The Buildup to the Gulf War
  • Five. The Rule and Some Exceptions
  • Six. Television News and the Foreign-Policy Agenda
  • Seven. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Index
  • The Spectrum of Debate in the News
  • Grenada and Panama
  • The Buildup to the GulfWar
  • The Rule and Some Exceptions
  • Television News and the Foreign-Policy Agenda