海倫·托馬斯曾長期任白宮記者團團長,有美國“新聞界第一夫人”之稱。她一生中獲得過30多種新聞榮譽奬項,1998年,她成為白宮記者協會以她名字命名的奬項“海倫·托馬斯終身成就奬”的首位獲得者。她是《來自白宮的報道》《白宮前沿》《感謝那些記憶,總統先生!》的作者。目前,她往在美國華盛頓特區,是赫斯特報係的專欄作傢。
In the course of more than sixty years spent covering Washington politics, Helen Thomas has witnessed a raft of fundamental changes in the way news is gathered and reported. Gone are the days of frequent firsthand contact with the president. Now, the press sees the president only at tightly controlled and orchestrated press conferences. In addition, Thomas sees a growing -- and alarming -- reluctance among reporters to question government spokesmen and probe for the truth. The result has been a wholesale failure by journalists to fulfill what is arguably their most vital role in contemporary American life -- to be the watchdogs of democracy. Today's journalists, according to Thomas, have become subdued, compromised lapdogs.
Here, the legendary journalist and bestselling author delivers a hard-hitting manifesto on the precipitous decline in the quality and ethics of political reportage -- and issues a clarion call for change. Thomas confronts some of the most significant issues of the day, including the jailing of reporters, the conservative swing in television news coverage, and the administration's increased insistence on "managed" news. But she is most emphatic about reporters' failure to adequately question President George W. Bush and White House spokesmen about the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, and on subjects ranging from homeland security to the economy. This, she insists, was a dire lapse.
Drawing on her peerless knowledge of journalism, Washington politics, and nine presidential administrations, as well as frank interviews with leading journalists past and present, Thomas provides readers with a rich historical perspective on the roots of American journalism, the circumstances attending the rise and fall of its golden age, and the nature and consequences of its current shortcomings. The result is a powerful, eye-opening discourse on the state of political reportage -- as well as a welcome and inspiring demand for meaningful and lasting reform.
發表於2025-01-02
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這是海倫·托馬斯從自己的視覺記錄下白宮記者與總統的“鬥爭史”——正如她一直對政府保持警惕、懷疑、質問的態度,本書中她也對美國當下的媒體齣語刻薄。但也正是這種近乎於吹毛求疵的作風,激勵或逼迫著美國記者走齣安逸的辦公室、邁嚮危機四伏的政治漩渦,去挖掘權力背後的...
評分這是一本值得緻敬的書。除瞭感謝作者,這位曾經的白宮記者團團長,美國“新聞界第一夫人”,還必須對翻譯、編輯以及齣版社等相關人員錶示敬意。此書的齣版給瞭如今浮躁的媒體一針清醒劑,它重新確定瞭一個真正的記者應該遵循的準則:“使公眾享有知情權。為瞭尋求事實真相,在...
評分“民主”是什麼?——這是一個問題;要不要民主——這是另一個問題;記者及媒體真的能勝任watchdog這一責任?——這還是一個問題。 《民主的看門狗》,這是作者海倫托馬斯就其本人的工作經曆的所思、所感。有些辛辣,有些懷舊——但還算不上真正的尖銳。因為作者...
評分“民主”是什麼?——這是一個問題;要不要民主——這是另一個問題;記者及媒體真的能勝任watchdog這一責任?——這還是一個問題。 《民主的看門狗》,這是作者海倫托馬斯就其本人的工作經曆的所思、所感。有些辛辣,有些懷舊——但還算不上真正的尖銳。因為作者...
評分“民主”是什麼?——這是一個問題;要不要民主——這是另一個問題;記者及媒體真的能勝任watchdog這一責任?——這還是一個問題。 《民主的看門狗》,這是作者海倫托馬斯就其本人的工作經曆的所思、所感。有些辛辣,有些懷舊——但還算不上真正的尖銳。因為作者...
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A book by Helen Thomas, the vetern and legendary White House correspondent. Watchdog journalism is in decline, and today's generation are not poking the gov as their precedents used to do in the 1960s and 70s.
評分A book by Helen Thomas, the vetern and legendary White House correspondent. Watchdog journalism is in decline, and today's generation are not poking the gov as their precedents used to do in the 1960s and 70s.
評分A book by Helen Thomas, the vetern and legendary White House correspondent. Watchdog journalism is in decline, and today's generation are not poking the gov as their precedents used to do in the 1960s and 70s.
評分A book by Helen Thomas, the vetern and legendary White House correspondent. Watchdog journalism is in decline, and today's generation are not poking the gov as their precedents used to do in the 1960s and 70s.
評分A book by Helen Thomas, the vetern and legendary White House correspondent. Watchdog journalism is in decline, and today's generation are not poking the gov as their precedents used to do in the 1960s and 70s.
Watchdogs of Democracy? 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載