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Quality
One feels personally acquainted with the individuals in his books
Incites abound in this volume and are made clearer with the benefit and distance of time
This one deals with the transition from print media to television
And he vividly relates the lovehate relationship of the above people with the various presidents of the usa
Price
Halberstam is one of my all time favorites
Shipping
It took halberstam seven years to research and write this book and after you read it you will wonder how he did it so fast a m... Read More
Competitiveness
We have been transformed into a society of 24hour news stations which focus even more on the superficial and sensational at the... Read More
Halberstams media message ranges from imformative to scarry
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Given that this was before the advent of the internet is still provides a great sense of the history of print and electronic media as well as how the media is manipulated by the powers that be
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although i enjoyed this book it was not an enjoyable read
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The kindle version is littered with typographical errors and misplaced punctuation none of which were found when i compared portions of the text with that of the print version
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For instance in hong kong where i live the government would be attacked as undermining the press freedom if the govt raises any questions about medias reporting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But in us the president can directly call the newspaper head to complain a particular piece of reporting
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The production was atrocious with typos on almost every page
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The powers that be gives great insight to the journalistic underpinnings of today’s wide open non fact checked journalism
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Read all the other reviews for the media impacting intent which is only a small part of halverstams real message in spite of the title of this epoch
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