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. |
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... York Times editorialist , on the shah's leave - taking , wrote of the " stern Moslem zealot , the Ayatollah Khomeini . . . [ who ] raises the possi- bility of a xenophobic government distant from , even hostile to , the West . " 6 Our ...
... York Times editorialist , on the shah's leave - taking , wrote of the " stern Moslem zealot , the Ayatollah Khomeini . . . [ who ] raises the possi- bility of a xenophobic government distant from , even hostile to , the West . " 6 Our ...
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... York Times , more than 1,600 items in all . We used the Times as the foun- dation for our study for several reasons , some of which have theoret- ical significance , and others , practical . For those who make foreign policy and those ...
... York Times , more than 1,600 items in all . We used the Times as the foun- dation for our study for several reasons , some of which have theoret- ical significance , and others , practical . For those who make foreign policy and those ...
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... York Mirror printed an article about Iran in which it was claimed that " Reza Shah had once been em- ployed as a stable boy at the British legation . " 15 The Iranian embassy in Washington delivered a note to the State Department ...
... York Mirror printed an article about Iran in which it was claimed that " Reza Shah had once been em- ployed as a stable boy at the British legation . " 15 The Iranian embassy in Washington delivered a note to the State Department ...
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... York . A major and continuous assignment of these men was to review Western press coverage of Iran and to do whatever they could to prevent or minimize negative publicity about Iran and its supreme leader . Zahedi's approach to ...
... York . A major and continuous assignment of these men was to review Western press coverage of Iran and to do whatever they could to prevent or minimize negative publicity about Iran and its supreme leader . Zahedi's approach to ...
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... York he would have dinners for the empress ( Farah ) when she was in town . Everyone would be there : Chancellor , Cronkite , you know . As a kind of thank you gift for at- tending , I would get flowers or a pound of caviar the next day ...
... York he would have dinners for the empress ( Farah ) when she was in town . Everyone would be there : Chancellor , Cronkite , you know . As a kind of thank you gift for at- tending , I would get flowers or a pound of caviar the next day ...
Contents
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The Consolidation of Power 19541962 | 63 |
Modernization Myth and Media 19631973 | 82 |
Further Illusions 19631973 | 116 |
The New Persian Empire 19731977 | 131 |
The Press and the 1978 Revolution West Meets East | 152 |
Journalism as Capitalism | 183 |
The Journalism of Deference | 201 |
Conclusion | 229 |
Notes | 237 |
Index | 265 |
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