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When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina. By W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 278p. $22.50 cloth, $15.00 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2009

Ellen Mickiewicz
Ellen Mickiewicz
Affiliation:
Duke University
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Extract

It takes a vacuum for the American mainstream press to seize an opening to perform its vital role. And it takes a crack in what the authors portray as an edifice of official secrecy, lying, intimidation, and retribution for the mainstream press to do its job—holding public officials to standards of accountability.

Type
Critical Dialogue
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 933 - 935
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2009

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