Political spin-doctoring has become something of an art form in the last few decades. It was less artful in the early years of the information age, and Crouse's entertaining look at the attempts of both the Nixon and McGovern '72 campaign staffs to control the media seems almost comical, so poor were they at the image-and-sound bite manipulation that now defines our politics. Crouse is a serious-minded journalist, however, and his firsthand report on how political news is made and shaped remains important reading. Check out Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 for a more madcap view of the same matters.
Review
?All the secrets . . . the definitive story.?
?The Washington Post
?Provokes, perplexes, illuminates and amuses.?
?Newsweek
?An extremely insightful and provocative book.?
?New York
?Crouse takes a big bite out of the hand that
feeds news to America??a mean, funny,
absolutely honest book!?
?Hunter S. Thompson
?Marvelously entertaining . . . There is no better way to
find out just how the news . . . reaches us.?
?The Boston Globe
-- Review
发表于2024-11-25
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Cheap booze. Flying fleshpots. Lack of sleep. Endless spin. Lying pols.
Just a few of the snares lying in wait for the reporters who covered the 1972 presidential election. Traveling with the press pack from the June primaries to the big night in November, Rolling Stone reporter Timothy Crouse hopscotched the country with both the Nixon and McGovern campaigns and witnessed the birth of modern campaign journalism. The Boys on the Bus is the raucous story of how American news got to be what it is today. With its verve, wit, and psychological acumen, it is a classic of American reporting.
印象很深的一点: It is just these womblike conditions that give rise to a condition known as “pack journalism,” a condition that causes much of American political journalism to be shallow, obvious, pointless and boring beyond description. 这种pack journalism极具讽刺意味,当记者成为the boys on the bus,在整个选举报道中被困在同一辆公交车上,新闻就会变得雷同,媒介在进行公众议程设置的同时,媒介间也在进行着议程设置,最终导致的是话语的单一。
评分印象很深的一点: It is just these womblike conditions that give rise to a condition known as “pack journalism,” a condition that causes much of American political journalism to be shallow, obvious, pointless and boring beyond description. 这种pack journalism极具讽刺意味,当记者成为the boys on the bus,在整个选举报道中被困在同一辆公交车上,新闻就会变得雷同,媒介在进行公众议程设置的同时,媒介间也在进行着议程设置,最终导致的是话语的单一。
评分印象很深的一点: It is just these womblike conditions that give rise to a condition known as “pack journalism,” a condition that causes much of American political journalism to be shallow, obvious, pointless and boring beyond description. 这种pack journalism极具讽刺意味,当记者成为the boys on the bus,在整个选举报道中被困在同一辆公交车上,新闻就会变得雷同,媒介在进行公众议程设置的同时,媒介间也在进行着议程设置,最终导致的是话语的单一。
评分印象很深的一点: It is just these womblike conditions that give rise to a condition known as “pack journalism,” a condition that causes much of American political journalism to be shallow, obvious, pointless and boring beyond description. 这种pack journalism极具讽刺意味,当记者成为the boys on the bus,在整个选举报道中被困在同一辆公交车上,新闻就会变得雷同,媒介在进行公众议程设置的同时,媒介间也在进行着议程设置,最终导致的是话语的单一。
评分印象很深的一点: It is just these womblike conditions that give rise to a condition known as “pack journalism,” a condition that causes much of American political journalism to be shallow, obvious, pointless and boring beyond description. 这种pack journalism极具讽刺意味,当记者成为the boys on the bus,在整个选举报道中被困在同一辆公交车上,新闻就会变得雷同,媒介在进行公众议程设置的同时,媒介间也在进行着议程设置,最终导致的是话语的单一。
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