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Book SynopsisTaking Journalism Seriously provides a groundbreaking analysis of the adequacy of the standard of objectivity in journalism, using the journalistic principles of the Founding Fathers of America as the point of comparison.
Table of Contentschapter 1 Preface chapter 2 Introduction chapter 3 "The Selling of the Pentagon": How CBS Edits Interviews and Speeches; How CBS Defends its Editing Practices; CBS Makes its Case Against Propaganda; The Critics Make Their Case Against CBS chapter 4 The Pentagon Papers: How the Times Reports Secrets; Why the Times Failed in Its Criticism; "Objective Journalism" as Authority; The Right to Know or Media Discretion? chapter 5 Roots of the Current Problem: Walter Lippmann and Citizenship; The Limits of History and Science; James Reston: A Reporter in Politics chapter 6 The Journalism of the Founders: Thomas Jefferson: Politics of Journalism; James Madison: Teacher and Exemplar; Alexander Hamilton Completes his Work chapter 7 Afterword chapter 8 Index
