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W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston

When the Press Fails

Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina

280 pages, 3 line drawings, 5 tables  6 x 9  © 2007
Series: Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion

Cloth $22.50

ISBN: 9780226042848   Published May 2007

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ISBN: 9780226042855   Published September 2008

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Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
The Press and Power

1
PRESS POLITICS IN AMERICA
The Case of the Iraq War

2
THE SEMI-INDEPENDENT PRESS
A Theory of News and Democracy

3
NONE DARE CALL IT TORTURE
Abu Ghraib and the Inner Workings of Press Dependence

4
THE NEWS REALITY FILTER
Why It Matters When the Press Fails

5
MANAGING THE NEWS
Spin, Status, and Intimidation in the Washington Political Culture

6
TOWARD AN INDEPENDENT PRESS
A Standard for Public Accountability

APPENDIX A
Evidence Suggesting a Connection
between Abu Ghraib and U.S. Torture Policy

APPENDIX B
Methods for Analyzing the News Framing of Abu Ghraib

APPENDIX C
Further Findings from the Content Analysis

APPENDIX D
Interview Protocol
Notes
References
Index
Subjects



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