Out of Order: An incisive and boldly original critique of the news medias domination of Ameri
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Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? How did George Bush's masculinity, Ronald Reagan's theatrics with a microphone, and Walter Mondale's appropriation of a Wendy's hamburger ad make or break their presidential campaigns? Ever since Watergate, says Thomas E. Patterson, the road to the presidency has led through the newsrooms, which in turn impose their own values on American politics.
An incisive and boldly original critique of the news media’s domination of Ameri
The results are campaigns that resemble inquisitions or contests in which the candidates' game plans are considered more important than their goals. Lucid and aphoristic, historically informed and as timely as a satellite feed, Out of Order mounts a devastating inquest into the press's hijacking of the campaign process -- and shows what citizens and legislators can do to win it back.
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The Presidential Election. Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Freedom. The Monica Lewinski scandal, which would generate a far worse frenzy, was just around the corner, Patterson also offers solutions to the problems, the principal one being to radically shorten the campaign and revamp or eliminate the primary system in favor of a pre-WWII model in which party leaders play the dominant role in selecting candidates. Laura rated it really liked it Dec 23, Download our Spring Fiction Sampler Now.
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