REVIEW: Holding the US Fourth Estate to account on Iraq

It is a truism that one should not shoot the messenger who brings bad news. But what about the messenger who ignores or discards bad news? In the 1970s, the role of investigative reporting in the Vietnam war, the exposure of the Watergate scandal and the subsequent downfall of President Richard Nix...

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Autor principal:	Andrea King
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2006
Materias:	censorship investigative journalism political journalism reviews Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ff433973a797470ba658ef5146d823fb2021-12-02T09:09:40ZREVIEW: Holding the US Fourth Estate to account on Iraq10.24135/pjr.v12i2.8701023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/ff433973a797470ba658ef5146d823fb2006-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/870https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 It is a truism that one should not shoot the messenger who brings bad news. But what about the messenger who ignores or discards bad news? In the 1970s, the role of investigative reporting in the Vietnam war, the exposure of the Watergate scandal and the subsequent downfall of President Richard Nixon elevated journalists to folk-hero status in the US. The resulting image of journalists—whip-smart, fearless and always one step ahead of the people and events they are covering—persisted through the end of the 20th century. Andrea KingAsia Pacific Networkarticlecensorshipinvestigative journalismpolitical journalismreviewsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2006)
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description	It is a truism that one should not shoot the messenger who brings bad news. But what about the messenger who ignores or discards bad news? In the 1970s, the role of investigative reporting in the Vietnam war, the exposure of the Watergate scandal and the subsequent downfall of President Richard Nixon elevated journalists to folk-hero status in the US. The resulting image of journalists—whip-smart, fearless and always one step ahead of the people and events they are covering—persisted through the end of the 20th century.
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REVIEW: Holding the US Fourth Estate to account on Iraq

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