Bad News: Where the Press Goes Wrong in the Making of the President

by Robert Shogan

Book Overview

As the 2000 presidential campaign has once again demonstrated, political journalism is an intrusive and nettlesome trade. More important, it is freighted with power--power to do good and also harm.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566634709
• ISBN13: 9781566634700
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Especially inviting for students of political science

Robert Shogan's Where The Press Goes Wrong In The Making Of The President outlines the turmoil of the 2000 presidential campaign and the underlying lessons to be learned from the news media's attempts to cover it. But this also draws on nine presidential elections to provide a thorough analysis of how the press is actively involved in the election process in a title which will prove especially inviting for students of political science.