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When the Press Fails(1st Edition)$$$$
Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion)
by Professor W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, Steven Livingston
Hardcover, 278 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-04284-8, ISBN: 0-226-04284-7

"A sobering look at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, "When the Press Fails" argues the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway.The result is both an indictment of official spin and an urgent call to action that questions why the mainstream press failed to challenge the Bush administration s arguments for an invasion of Ira ..."