The U.S. Press and Iran: Foreign Policy and the Journalism of DeferenceUniversity of California Press, 2023 M04 28 - 300 pages No one seriously interested in the character of public knowledge and the quality of debate over American alliances can afford to ignore the complex link between press and policy and the ways in which mainstream journalism in the U.S. portrays a Third World ally. The case of Iran offers a particularly rich view of these dynamics and suggests that the press is far from fulfilling the watchdog role assigned it in democratic theory and popular imagination. 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 1988. No one seriously interested in the character of public knowledge and the quality of debate over American alliances can afford to ignore the complex link between press and policy and the ways in which mainstream journalism in the U.S. portrays a Third Worl |
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... Times , more than 1,600 items in all . We used the Times as the foun- dation for our study for several reasons , some ... Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal , using the same critical - incident method . For 1953 and 1978 , two ...
... Times , more than 1,600 items in all . We used the Times as the foun- dation for our study for several reasons , some ... Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal , using the same critical - incident method . For 1953 and 1978 , two ...
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Contents
19511953 | 31 |
19541962 | 63 |
19631973 | 82 |
19631973 | 116 |
19731977 | 131 |
West Meets | 152 |
Journalism as Capitalism | 183 |
The Journalism of Deference | 201 |
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