Poisoning the press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise Washington scandal culture
by Feldstein, Mark
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New York: Farrar, Straus andGiroux, September 20. uncorrected proof . Very Good. pictures added, advance readers copies uncorrected proof...paperback, cover is different, then release of book..the book is in relatively good shape it appears to be almost unread the glossy cover is still shining the glued spine intact there a couple folded pages around page 95to96 balance of the book is unmarked inside there are minimal scratches the front top right corner has a slight roll. The color is generally good on the edges of the printed softcover, however there may be some small dings... about the bookIt is March 1972, and the Nixon White House wants Jack Anderson dead. The syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, the most famous and feared investigative reporter in the nation, has exposed yet another of the Presidents dirty secrets. Nixons operatives are ordered to stop Anderson at all costspermanently. Across the street from the White House, they huddle in a hotel basement to conspire. Should they try Aspirin Roulette and break into Andersons home to plant a poisoned pill in one of his medicine bottles? Could they smear LSD on the journalists steering wheel, so that he would absorb it through his skin, lose control of his car, and crash? Or stage a routine-looking mugging, making Anderson appear to be one more fatal victim of Washingtons notorious street crime? Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washingtons Scandal Culture recounts not only the disturbing story of an unprecedented White House conspiracy to assassinate a journalist, but also the larger tale of the bitter quarter-century battle between the postwar eras most embattled politician and its most reviled newsman. The struggle between Nixon and Anderson included bribery, blackmail, forgery, spying, and burglary as well as the White House murder plot. Their vendetta symbolized and accelerated the growing conflict between the government and the press, a clash that would long outlive both men. Mark Feldstein traces the arc of this confrontation between a vindictive president and a flamboyant, crusading muckraker who rifled through garbage and swiped classified papers in pursuit of his preystoking the paranoia in Nixon that would ultimately lead to his ruin. The White House plot to poison Anderson, Feldstein argues, is a metaphor for the poisoned political atmosphere that would follow, and the toxic sensationalism that contaminates contemporary media discourse. Melding history and biography, Poisoning the Press unearths significant new information from more than two hundred interviews and thousands of declassified documents and tapes. This is a chronicle of political intrigue and the true price of power for politicians and journalists alike. The resultWashingtons modern scandal culturewas Richard Nixons ultimate revenge. about the authorMark Feldstein, who teaches media and public affairs at George Washington University, was an investigative correspondent for CNN, ABC, and other news outlets for two decades, earning dozens of journalism awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Broadcasting Award, an Alfred I. DupontColumbia University Award, and two George Foster Peabody Awards. He received a bachelors degree from Harvard and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina.Title Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture Author Mark Feldstein Publisher Macmillan, 2010 ISBN 142997897X, 9781429978972 Length 400 pages Subjects History United States 20th Century History / United States / 20th Centuryg .........Used books are the "green" way to read and reduce your carbon footprint, we also try to reuse packing materials whenever possible keeping them out of landfills sooner rather than later..Ruth Reaser...LAX Vespa... Books and rags...This will be shipped through United States Post via media mail to fulfill your order, keeping it all in the Postal Family......, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on my Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system...Your purchase helps a middle aged college girl buy more books and the occasional pedicure. .. a dental visit or two .In addition, I need to downsize my personal library built over the years. ..also by purchasing multiple books can save you significantly on shipping costs through Biblio
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- Feldstein, Mark
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- uncorrected proof
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- ISBN 10
- 142997897X
- ISBN 13
- 9781429978972
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- Farrar, Straus andGiroux
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- New York
- Date Published
- September 20
- Keywords
- presidential dirty secrets, Washington scandal wars
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