On the condition of anonymity : unnamed sources and the battle for journalism
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On the condition of anonymity : unnamed sources and the battle for journalism
（The history of communication）
University of Illinois Press, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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. Weaving a narrative thread that stretches from the uncritical post-9/11 era to the spectacle of the Scooter Libby trial, Carlson examines a tense period in American history through the lens of journalism. Revealing new insights about high-profile cases involving confidential sources, he highlights contextual and structural features of the era, including pressure from the right, scrutiny from new media and citizen journalists, and the struggles of traditional media to survive amid increased competition and decreased resources.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Problems - and Promise - of Unnamed Sources 1 1. Media Culpas: Prewar Reporting Mistakes at the New York Times and Washington Post 31 2. "Blogs 1, CBS 0": 60 Minutes and the Killian Memos Controversy 52 3. Journalists Fight Back: Newsweek and the Koran Abuse Story 71 4. Deep Throat and the Question of Motives 91 5. "Journalism on Trial": Confidentiality and the Plame Leak Case 111 6. Rethinking Anonymity: Problems and Solutions 138 Notes 163 Index 197
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