The U.S. Press and Iran: Foreign Policy and the Journalism of Deference

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University of California Press, 1988 M08 24 - 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.

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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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