U.S. Press and Iran

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U.S. Press and Iran

Foreign Policy and the Journalism of Deference

Politics and government

Authors: William A. Dorman, Mansour Farhang

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Language: English

Published by: University of California Press

Published on: 24th August 1988

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9780520909014


Understanding the Link Between Press and Policy

No one seriously interested in the character of public knowledge and the quality of debate over American alliances can afford to ignore the complex link between press and policy and the ways in which mainstream journalism in the U.S. portrays a Third World ally. The case of Iran offers a particularly rich view of these dynamics and suggests that the press is far from fulfilling the watchdog role assigned it in democratic theory and popular imagination.

No one seriously interested in the character of public knowledge and the quality of debate over American alliances can afford to ignore the complex link between press and policy and the ways in which mainstream journalism in the U.S. portrays a Third Worl

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