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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... forces of religious and political opposition , yet remained untapped by the quality press . " 2 A major theme of this work is that throughout the association of the United States with the shah , the press tended to serve Washing- ton's ...
... forces of religious and political opposition , yet remained untapped by the quality press . " 2 A major theme of this work is that throughout the association of the United States with the shah , the press tended to serve Washing- ton's ...
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... forces at work in the Third World . Therefore , while the question of the revolution's outcome is not the focus of ... force of the movement . From this point on the religious leaders were able to direct the course of events be- cause ...
... forces at work in the Third World . Therefore , while the question of the revolution's outcome is not the focus of ... force of the movement . From this point on the religious leaders were able to direct the course of events be- cause ...
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... forces that had taken part in the anti - shah movement . The fact that the fundamentalists won the battle and suppressed even the most accommodating of their critics should not lead one to deny the emer- gence of a short period of ...
... forces that had taken part in the anti - shah movement . The fact that the fundamentalists won the battle and suppressed even the most accommodating of their critics should not lead one to deny the emer- gence of a short period of ...
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... forces behind the Iranian revolution . Just as the rule of Robespierre and Stalin was not the goal of French and Russian rev- olutionaries , the fundamentalist despotism of Khomaini was hardly the objective of the anti - shah movement ...
... forces behind the Iranian revolution . Just as the rule of Robespierre and Stalin was not the goal of French and Russian rev- olutionaries , the fundamentalist despotism of Khomaini was hardly the objective of the anti - shah movement ...
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... forces in politics , but rather its emergence to fill virtually the whole gap in the electoral process left by the default of other independent elites who used to help manage the choice [ of a president ] . Their power is all the ...
... forces in politics , but rather its emergence to fill virtually the whole gap in the electoral process left by the default of other independent elites who used to help manage the choice [ of a president ] . Their power is all the ...
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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