Discusses the tactics of media manipulation employed by George W. Bush and his administration to promote their agenda to the American people, examining the intimidation, criticism, and deception used, and its impact on American democracy.
Explains how White House press secretaries have for decades developed the art of shaping the news in their daily press briefings to reporters in favor of the president--the highly sophisticated, complex communications strategy popularly ...
All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth
In 1988, however, Rush Limbaugh, a former rock deejay and sports broadcaster, launched a nationally syndicated show on ABC radio and quickly became a Republican kingmaker. In 1992, Roger Ailes, having returned to television production, ...
In addition, I will analyze the use of spin-doctoring during the two-terms presidency of George W. Bush in the period from 2000 to 2008.
"All the Presidents' Pets is the long-awaited, spine-tingling, muckraking blockbuster from political and pop culture commentator Mo Rocca--a tour de force of investigative reporting that for the first time tells the true story of who really ...
War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars...
The Washington Post's reporter on the media reveals the Clinton Administration's unprecedented efforts to manipulate and manage information about its ongoing scandals
A chronicle of the massive transformation in Hollywood since the turn of the century and the huge changes yet to come, drawing on interviews with key players, as well as documents from the 2014 Sony hack
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Yet, the book is much more than that. As the title indicates, McGoodwin’s book is sweeping in its coverage. It addresses virtually every aspect of fisheries—cultural, economic, political, and environmental. . .