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by Norman Pearlstine| 2007| 282 pages| 24.1918| other

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<br> <br> <br> <span>When Norman <br> Pearlstine--as editor in chief of Time Inc.--agreed to give prosecutor <br> Patrick Fitzgerald a reporter's notes of a conversation with a <br> "confidential source," he was vilified for betraying the freedom of the <br> press. But in this hard-hitting inside story, Pearlstine shows that <br> "Plamegate" was not the clear case it seemed to be--and that <br> confidentiality has become a weapon in the White House's war on the <br> press, a war fought with the unwitting complicity of the press itself. <br>Watergate<br> and the publication of the Pentagon Papers are the benchmark incidents <br> of government malfeasance exposed by a fearless press. But as Pearlstine<br> explains with great clarity and brio, the press's hunger for a new <br> Watergate has made reporters vulnerable to officials who use <br> confidentiality to get their message out, even if it means leaking state<br> secrets and breaking the law. Prosecutors appointed to investigate the <br> government have investigated the press instead; news organizations such <br> as "The New York Times "have defended the principle of confidentiality <br> at all costs--implicitly putting themselves above the law. Meanwhile, <br> the use of unnamed sources has become common in everything from <br> celebrity weeklies to the so-called papers of record. <br>What is to be <br> done? Pearlstine calls on Congress to pass a federal shield law <br> protecting journalists from the needless intrusions of government; at <br> the same time, he calls on the press to name its sources whenever <br> possible. "Off the Record "is a powerful argument with the vividness and<br> narrative drive of the best long-form journalism; it is sure to spark <br> controversy among the people who run the government--and among the <br> people who tell their stories.</span>

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Author:Norman Pearlstine
Publication Year:2007
ISBN:374224498
Pages:282
Language:other
File Size:24.1918
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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