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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829102003321

Autore

Carlson Matt <1977->

Titolo

On the condition of anonymity [[electronic resource] ] : unnamed sources and the battle for journalism / / Matt Carlson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-07015-4

9786613070159

0-252-09318-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

The history of communication

Disciplina

070.4/3

Soggetti

Attribution of news

Reporters and reporting - United States

Journalism - Political aspects - United States

Journalistic ethics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the problems-and promise-of unnamed sources -- Media culpas : prewar reporting mistakes at the New York times and Washington post -- "Blogs 1, CBS 0" : 60 minutes and the Killian memos controversy -- Journalists fight back : Newsweek and the Koran abuse story -- Deep Throat and the question of motives -- "Journalism on trial" : confidentiality and the Plame leak case -- Rethinking anonymity : problems and solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

Matt Carlson confronts the promise and perils of unnamed sources in this exhaustive analysis of controversial episodes in American journalism during the George W. Bush administration, from prewar reporting mistakes at the New York Times and Washington Post to the Valerie Plame leak case and Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS News.