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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... 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 point here is that predictions based on prejudice that ...
... 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 point here is that predictions based on prejudice that ...
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... wrote , plays at best a limited role , functioning like a searchlight that moves " rest- lessly about , bringing one episode and then another out of the dark- ness into vision . " His biographer , Ronald Steel , has pointed out what was ...
... wrote , plays at best a limited role , functioning like a searchlight that moves " rest- lessly about , bringing one episode and then another out of the dark- ness into vision . " His biographer , Ronald Steel , has pointed out what was ...
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... wrote of his concerns about how competent they were to fulfill the roles assigned them in democratic theory . Following World War II , for instance , the frequently indifferent if occasionally intrusive public of the 1920s of which ...
... wrote of his concerns about how competent they were to fulfill the roles assigned them in democratic theory . Following World War II , for instance , the frequently indifferent if occasionally intrusive public of the 1920s of which ...
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... wrote about Iran.2 25 Beyond the possibility of personal friendship , which is interesting for reasons other than ethics , or of public relations routine , Zahedi's generosity is probably best explained as evidence of acknowledg- ment ...
... wrote about Iran.2 25 Beyond the possibility of personal friendship , which is interesting for reasons other than ethics , or of public relations routine , Zahedi's generosity is probably best explained as evidence of acknowledg- ment ...
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... wrote in his diary on 31 Decem- ber 1976 : " Iran's image in the Western press could not be worse ; the one single factor most responsible for that image is the practice of torture which , for bureaucratic as much as for moral reasons ...
... wrote in his diary on 31 Decem- ber 1976 : " Iran's image in the Western press could not be worse ; the one single factor most responsible for that image is the practice of torture which , for bureaucratic as much as for moral reasons ...
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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