Hold the Press: The Inside Story on Newspapers

by John Maxwell Hamilton and George A. Krimsky

Book Overview

Long ago dubbed the fourth branch of government, the American press remains to most of the general public an inscrutable enterprise whose influence and behavior are alternately welcomed and maligned; yet the proper functioning of a democracy depends upon a media-literate populace to act as the ultimate watchdog. With wit and authority, John Hamilton and George Krimsky lead readers through the whirl of print journalism. They offer a curiosity-satisfying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807121908
• ISBN13: 9780807121900
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.7"