LEADER 04409nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910965848303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780826272119 010 $a0826272118 035 $a(CKB)2560000000015211 035 $a(OCoLC)646068186 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10400605 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413520 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413520 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384903 035 $a(PQKB)11623339 035 $a(OCoLC)868218083 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26883 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440747 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10400605 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440747 035 $a(Perlego)1693895 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000015211 100 $a20100126d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCapturing the news $ethree decades of reporting crisis and conflict /$fby Anthony Collings 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780826218810 311 08$a0826218814 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue Beirut 1981 -- Part I Overseas -- Chapter One No Building Collapsed -- Chapter Two Chr istmas Presents -- Chapter Three The Pope Has VD -- Chapter Four Line of Death -- Chapter Five Welcome to Tr ipoli -- Chapter Six Call the Palace -- Chapter Seven You Said That Yesterday -- Chapter Eight Two Endings -- Part II Washington -- Chapter Nine Face Down in the Mud -- Chapter Ten All the Earmarks -- Chapter Eleven Scoop -- Part III What's Wrong -- Chapter Twelve Dead Baby -- Chapter Thirteen Down, Down -- Chapter Fourteen Firewall -- Chapter Fifteen Only Time Will Tell -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. 330 8 $aAnthony Collings found himself in his share of difficult situations in his thirty-four years as a newsman. Like being captured by AK-47-toting Syrians in Lebanon in 1981 while looking for missiles that threatened a new outbreak of hostilities with Israel, or being "detained" by the KGB in Moscow in 1967 during his first foreign posting for the Associated Press filing stories about Soviet dissidents. Name a hot spot, and Collings has likely been there. From AP correspondent to Newsweek bureau chief to CNN reporter, he covered the Middle East, Rome, Moscow, London, Paris, and Washington. Now he has gathered stories about his work in a book that is both a journalist's memoir and a commentary on the current ethical crises in the news media and how to address them. Brimming with entertaining stories about journalism, especially the chaotic early years at CNN when he and his colleagues established the first major cable news network, Collings's book reveals the dangers and pressures of covering the news and the difficulties of overcoming obstacles to the truth. He recalls smuggling tapes out of Poland after the Communists had imposed martial law; flying dangerously near Libya's "Line of Death"; interviewing world figures from Brezhnev to Kaddafi and Arafat; and winning awards for covering Iran-Contra and the Oklahoma City bombing. Collings brings fresh insights to the Oliver North affair and examines how the press was suckered in its coverage of the Jessica Lynch prisoner-of-war story in 2003. He voices his concerns regarding oversimplified reporting of complex issues and poses provocative questions about covering terrorism. In this book, Collings presents an insider's appraisal of the American news media's failings and accomplishments. Easy to read, informative, and thoughtful, Capturing the News will enlighten general readers interested in how journalists cover current affairs, while offering newsmen food for thought about the craft and ethics of journalism. 606 $aJournalists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTelevision journalists$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aJournalists 615 0$aTelevision journalists 676 $a070.92 676 $aB 700 $aCollings$b Anthony$01814048 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965848303321 996 $aCapturing the news$94367631 997 $aUNINA