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

• Autore: Carlson Matt <1977->
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.4/3
• Soggetto topico: Attribution of news; Reporters and reporting - United States; Journalism - Political aspects - United States; Journalistic ethics - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the condition of anonymity
• ISBN: 1-283-07015-4; 9786613070159; 0-252-09318-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464278803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of communication.