Confessions Of A Muckraker

Author : Jack Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Journalists
ISBN : 0394491246

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Confessions of a Muckraker by Jack Anderson Pdf

Author : Jack Anderson,James Boyd
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0345260252

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Confessions of a Muckraker by Jack Anderson,James Boyd Pdf

Author : Louis Filler
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0804722366

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The Muckrakers by Louis Filler Pdf

This edition of Louis Filler's classic account carries the muckraking tradition through World War II, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement, Korea, Vietnam, Ralph Nader, and Watergate.

Author : Sue-Ann Levy
Publisher : Signal
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780771048005

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Underdog by Sue-Ann Levy Pdf

Hold onto your hats: popular and controversial Toronto city journalist Sue-Ann Levy -- a self-described nice, chubby, Jewish, gay, conservative girl -- takes on the establishment and establishment thinking in this provocative, honest, and insightful memoir that will surprise her fans and foes alike. Sue-Ann Levy was born to a traditional patriarchal Jewish family in which the son was considered accomplished simply for being born, and she realized from an early age that she would not fit into the mold designated for her. An outspoken, right-wing lipstick lesbian, Levy has spent her life challenging the status quo -- from championing the underdog, to taking on the Liberal left, to running as the first openly gay candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative party in 2009. Underdog chronicles Levy's journey through Toronto politics with the same candid, humorous, and self-deprecating approach for which she has become famous for in her daily columns. Persuasive and timely, Sue-Ann Levy will inspire readers to speak up against the inequalities in our political and justice systems.

Author : Townsend Hoopes,Douglas Brinkley
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612512457

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Driven Patriot by Townsend Hoopes,Douglas Brinkley Pdf

A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century, this biography takes a penetrating look at James Forrestal's life and work. Brilliant, ambitious, glamorous, yet a perpetual outsider, Forrestal forged a career that took him from his working-class origins to the social and financial stratosphere of Wall Street, and from there to policy making in Washington. As secretary of the navy during World War II, he was the principal architect in transforming an obsolescent navy into the largest, most formidable naval force in history. After the war, as the nation's first secretary of defense, he played a major role in shaping the anti-Communist consensus that sustained the U.S. policy of containment during the Cold War. Despite his many achievements, Forrestal's life ended in tragedy with his suicide in 1949. This absorbing study not only takes an understanding look at the many-sided man but presents an authoritative history of the great but troubled years of America's rise to world primacy. Winner of the 1992 Roosevelt Naval History Prize, the book enjoyed wide acclaim when first published and is now considered a definitive work.

Author : Edd Applegate
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781461669753

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Muckrakers by Edd Applegate Pdf

Professor Edd Applegate profiles the men and women who either wrote muckraking journalism or edited publications that featured muckraking articles. Some of the most important figures of journalism are here, including Nellie Bly, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, George Kennan, Jack London, Frank Norris, Rachel Carson, George Seldes, and I.F. Stone.

Author : Woody Klein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313365140

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The Inside Stories of Modern Political Scandals by Woody Klein Pdf

This book examines ten major political scandals involving the White House in the past 50 years, revealing how the investigative reporters behind the stories uncovered the hidden truths. On numerous occasions, the dogged efforts of investigative journalists have led to a dissemination of information that had a direct effect on the course of American history—the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Watergate scandal, "Monicagate" of the Clinton administration, and the Enron accounting scandal. The Inside Stories of Modern Political Scandals: How Investigative Reporters Have Changed the Course of American History features in-depth interviews with all living journalists responsible for revealing major political scandals involving the White House, including Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the reporters responsible for bringing the Watergate scandal to the light of day. The author presents a fascinating view into the "story behind the story" regarding the ten most momentous, modern-day political scandals in America. Containing both anecdotes from the investigative reporters involved and specific examples from published articles, this text reveals the specific methods used by these award-winning journalists to successfully pursue their stories and earn their titles as watchdogs of our government, our military, and big business.

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190067588

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The Columnist by Donald A. Ritchie Pdf

"In the Washington Merry-Go-Round, a nationally syndicated newspaper column that appeared in hundreds of papers from 1932 to 1969, as well as on weekly radio and television programs, the investigative journalist Drew Pearson revealed news that public officials tried to suppress. He disclosed policy disputes and political spats, exposed corruption, attacked bigotry, and promoted social justice. He pumped up some political careers and destroyed others. Presidents, prime ministers, and members of Congress repeatedly called him a liar, and he was sued for libel more often than any other journalist, but he won most of his cases by proving the accuracy of his charges. Pearson dismissed most official news as propaganda and devoted his column to reporting what officials were doing behind closed doors. He broke secrets-even in wartime-and revealed classified information. Fellow journalists credited him with knowing more dirt about more people in Washington than even the FBI and compared his efforts to Daniel Ellsberg with the Pentagon Papers or Edward Snowden with WikiLeaks, except that he did it daily. The Columnist examines how Pearson managed to uncover secrets so successfully and why government efforts to find his sources proved so unsuccessful. Drawing on a half century of archival evidence it assesses his contributions as a muckraker by verifying or refuting both his accusations and his accusers"--

Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199839094

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Reporting from Washington by Donald A. Ritchie Pdf

Donald Ritchie offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that have occurred in the last seven decades. We meet legendary columnists--including Walter Lippmann, Joseph Alsop, and Drew Pearson --as well as the great investigative reporters, from Paul Y. Anderson to the two green Washington Post reporters who launched the political story of the decade--Woodward and Bernstein. We read of the rise of radio news--fought tooth and nail by the print barons--and of such pioneers as Edward R. Murrow, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Elmer Davis. Ritchie also offers a vivid history of TV news, from the early days of Meet the Press, to Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, to the cable revolution led by C-SPAN and CNN. In addition, he compares political news on the Internet to the alternative press of the '60s and '70s; describes how black reporters slowly broke into the white press corps (helped mightily by FDR's White House); discusses path-breaking woman reporters such as Sarah McClendon and Helen Thomas, and much more. From Walter Winchell to Matt Drudge, the people who cover Washington politics are among the most colorful and influential in American news. Reporting from Washington offers an unforgettable portrait of these figures as well as of the dramatic changes in American journalism in the twentieth century.

Author : James Aucoin
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826217462

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The Evolution of American Investigative Journalism by James Aucoin Pdf

This book provides readers with a comprehensive history of investigative journalism in the United States, including a thorough account of the founding and achievements of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).

Author : Jon Marshall
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780810127197

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Watergate's Legacy and the Press by Jon Marshall Pdf

The result of painstaking research and scholarship, Watergate's Legacy and the Press is ultimately a tribute to the irrepressible investigative impulse in American journalism and the crucial public service provided by investigative reporters. --Book Jacket.

Author : Robert P. Newman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520328570

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Owen Lattimore and the Loss of China by Robert P. Newman Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Author : Arthur Herman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Anti-communist movements
ISBN : 9780684836256

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Joseph McCarthy by Arthur Herman Pdf

A daring--and controversial--second look at Senator Joseph McCarthy that declares that many of his notorious accusations were actually true. 16-page photo insert.

Author : Larry Tye
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781328959720

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Demagogue by Larry Tye Pdf

The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on first-ever review of his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings In the long history of American demagogues, from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use "McCarthyism" to stand for outrageous charges of guilt by association, a weapon of polarizing slander. From 1950 to 1954, McCarthy destroyed many careers and even entire lives, whipping the nation into a frenzy of paranoia, accusation, loyalty oaths, and terror. When the public finally turned on him, he came crashing down, dying of alcoholism in 1957. Only now, through bestselling author Larry Tye's exclusive look at the senator's records, can the full story be told. Demagogue is a masterful portrait of a human being capable of immense evil, yet beguiling charm. McCarthy was a tireless worker and a genuine war hero. His ambitions knew few limits. Neither did his socializing, his drinking, nor his gambling. When he finally made it to the Senate, he flailed around in search of an agenda and angered many with his sharp elbows and lack of integrity. Finally, after three years, he hit upon anti-communism. By recklessly charging treason against everyone from George Marshall to much of the State Department, he became the most influential and controversial man in America. His chaotic, meteoric rise is a gripping and terrifying object lesson for us all. Yet his equally sudden fall from fame offers reason for hope that, given the rope, most American demagogues eventually hang themselves.

Author : Doug Underwood
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252092688

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From Yahweh to Yahoo! by Doug Underwood Pdf

Presenting religion as journalism's silent partner, From Yahweh to Yahoo!provides a fresh and surprising view of the religious impulses at work in contemporary newsrooms. Focusing on how the history of religion in the United States entwines with the growth of the media, Doug Underwood argues that American journalists draw from the nation's moral and religious heritage and operate, in important ways, as personifications of the old religious virtues. Underwood traces religion's influence on mass communication from the biblical prophets to the Protestant Reformation, from the muckraker and Social Gospel campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the modern age of mass media. While forces have pushed journalists away from identifying themselves with religion, they still approach such secular topics as science, technology, and psychology in reverential ways. Underwood thoughtful analysis covers the press's formulaic coverage of spiritual experience, its failure to cover new and non-Christian religions in America, and the complicity of the mainstream media in launching the religious broadcasting movement.