If No News, Send Rumors: Anecdotes of American Journalism - Hardcover

Bates, Stephen

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9780312029654: If No News, Send Rumors: Anecdotes of American Journalism

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ISBN 10: 0312029659 ISBN 13: 9780312029654

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1989

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Gathers brief stories about reporters, newspapers, television news, political cartoonists, reviewers, and presidential press relations

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Short anecdotes on journalism--some very well-known and some dredged out of who knows where--are grouped into 16 categories, such as war reporting, politics, and the press as a business. Included are five anecdotes on President Kennedy's secret sex life; some awful one-liners by famous people (such as the book's title); how national TV newscasters said goodnight at the end of their broadcast; and what sort of items 18th-century journalist John Peter Zenger actually printed. This is pure trivia for journalism buffs; there is no index to make the book useful as a reference tool. Big media collections might keep a copy of this sophomoric yet comprehensive book for study breaks.
-Abraham Z. Bass, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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