The Powers That Be (book)

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The Powers That Be
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First edition
Author David Halberstam
LanguageEnglish
Subject American media
Published1979 (Alfred A. Knopf)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages771
ISBN 0394503813
OCLC 04641874

The Powers That Be is a 1979 book by David Halberstam about the American media. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

The book focuses on the following American media companies: CBS, the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , and Time . [3]

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote: "The trouble is that the Halberstam of Vietnam, and of The Best and the Brightest, has become David Halberstam: institution, and like others who take themselves too seriously, his prose suffers." [4]

References

  1. ↑ Rovere, Richard (April 22, 1979). "News Report". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Lemann, Nicholas (May 5, 1979). "The Power, The Glory, The Media, The Men, The Money, The Irony, The Symbols, America, The Meaning of It All". The New Republic.
  3. ↑ McWilliams, Carey (May 13, 1979). "Read all about it: chronicling the rise of national media". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ Wolfe, Morris (9 June 1979). "Voluminous". The Globe and Mail. p. 44.
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