Killing the Messenger - One Hundred Years of Media Criticism

Preface ix PART 1 Reporting on Public and Private Matters 1 The Right to Privacy 3 SAMUEL WARREN AND LOUIS BRANDEIS Editorials from the Emporia Gazette, 1901-1921 18 WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE The Press and the Individual 22 GEORGE SELDES PART 2 The Power of the Press and How to Curb It 43 The American Newspaper: A Study of Journalism in Relation to the Public 45 WILL IRWIN Selection from The Brass Check 62 UPTON SINCLAIR Selection from the "Report of the Commission on Freedom of the Press" 79 ROBERT MAYNARD HUTCHINS The End of Free Lunch 93 A.J. LIEBLING PART 3 Journalists and Their Biases Conscious or Not? 101 The Man with the Muckrake 105 THEODORE ROOSEVELT Speeches on the Media 112 SPIRO AGNEW The Presidency and the Press 131 DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN A Test of the News 154 WALTER LIPPMANN AND CHARLES MERZ PART 4 Telling Stories: Facts, Truth, and the News 173 Writing News and Telling Stories 175 ROBERT DARNTON Newspapers and the Truth 198 FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN The Legend on the License 213 JOHN HERSEY PART 5 Making the Press Professional 233 Selections from the College of Journalism 235 JOSEPH PULITZER The Social Composition of Washington Correspondents 245 LEO C. ROSTEN The Role of the Mass Media in Reporting of News about Minorities 253 COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS Index 279