Bob Schieffer

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Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News

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Produktbeschreibung

From the explosion of fake news to the challenges of the 24 hour news cycle, legendary journalist Bob Schieffer examines political journalism today and those who practice it. Based on interviews with over 40 media leaders, Schieffer provides an inside look at the changing role of media and asks whether today's citizens are more informed or just overwhelmed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538107225
• Artikelnr.: 49270369

Autorenporträt

Bob Schieffer, one of America's pre-eminent television journalists and former host of CBS's Face the Nation, is the author of This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV (Penguin, 2003), Face the Nation: My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning News Broadcast (Simon & Schuster, 2004), and Bob Schieffer's America (Penguin, 2009). He is a member of the Broadcasting Hall of Fame and in 2009 was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress. He resides in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
PART I: HOW WE GOT FROM THERE TO HERE
Chapter 1: Are We Getting the Right Stuff
Chapter 2: How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Donald?
Chapter 3: The Numbers Guys: What the Pollsters Missed
Chapter 4: And That's the Way it Is, er, Was
Chapter 5: Here's the Way We Are: The New Neighbors
Chapter 6: Fake News: A Clear and Present Danger
PART II: THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED
Chapter 7: Walt Mosberg: Bridging the Gap
Chapter 8: The Washington Post: New Way, New Culture
Chapter 9: The New York Times: Doing What They Do Best (Faster)
Chapter 10: The Wall Street Journal: Dividing Church and State
Chapter 11: The Texas Tribune: Filling a Texas Size Void
Chapter 12: Island in the Stream: CBS News Goes Digital
Chapter 13: Andy Lack: Around the World and Back
Chapter 14: The Cable Guy(s)
Chapter 15: NPR Goes Back To Basics
Chapter 16: The Root: Straight Talk and a Little Shade
Chapter 17: The Podcasts: The New Cool
Chapter 18: Newsletters: Suddenly Old Is New
Chapter 19: Colbert and the Case of the Stolen Gig
Chapter 20: Flying Solo Sooner: Training Tomorrow's Journalists
PART III: FINAL THOUGHTS
Chapter 21: 2016 Reflections on the Year that Was
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors and Contributors