The Powers That Be

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453286098

<B>A Pulitzer Prize winner&rsquo;s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV, <I>Time </I>magazine, the <I>Washington Post</I>, and the <I>Los Angeles Times</I>.</B><BR /><BR /> In this fascinating <I>New York Times</I> bestseller, the author of <I>The Best and the Brightest</I>, <I>The Fifties</I>, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television, <I>Time</I> magazine, the <I>Washington Post</I>, and the <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, David Halberstam paints a portrait of the era when large, powerful mainstream media sources emerged as a force, showing how they shifted from simply reporting the news to becoming a part of it. By examining landmark events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt&rsquo;s masterful use of the radio and the unprecedented coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam demonstrates how print and broadcast media as a whole became a player in society and helped shape public policy.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the<I> Seattle Times</I> as &ldquo;a monumental X-ray study of power,&rdquo; <I>The Powers That Be</I> reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read.<BR /> &#160;<DIV><I>This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.</I></DIV>