Table of contents for When the press fails : political power and the news media from Iraq to Katrina / W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingsto.

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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Press and Power 1
Chapter 1 Press-Politics in America: The Case of the Iraq War 000
Chapter 2 The Semi-Independent Press: A Theory of News and Democracy 000
Chapter 3 None Dare Call It Torture: Abu Ghraib and the Inner Workings of Press 
Dependency 000
Chapter 4 The News Reality Filter: Why It Matters When the Press Fails 000
Chapter 5 Managing the News: Spin, Status, and Intimidation in the Washington Culture 
000
Chapter 6 Toward an Independent Press: A Standard for Public Accountability 000
Appendix A Sources of Documentary Evidence Suggesting a Connection between Abu 
Ghraib and U.S. Torture Policy 000
Appendix B Methods for Analyzing the News Framing of Abu Ghraib 000
Appendix C Further Findings from the Content Analysis 000
Appendix D Interview Protocol 000
Notes 000
References 000
Index 000

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Government and the press -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States -- History -- 21st century.