Impact of Mass Media. Ray Eldon Hiebert. Carol Reuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CURRENT ISSUES. Third Edition.

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1 Impact of Mass Media CURRENT ISSUES Third Edition Edited by Ray Eldon Hiebert University of Maryland with a foreword by Carol Reuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5S LongmanftMs/ttreUSA

Contents Foreword, by Carol Reuss xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction I I. Changing Mass Media 1. Global Mass Media Empires, by Carl Bernstein 9 2. The Last Gasp of Mass Media?

2 Contents Foreword, by Carol Reuss xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction I I. Changing Mass Media 1. Global Mass Media Empires, by Carl Bernstein 9 2. The Last Gasp of Mass Media?, by Joshua Levine Beyond Broadcast Journalism, by Jon Katz Identity Crisis of Newspapers, by Doug Underwood 31 II. Mass Media and a Changing World TV That Changed Onr I,ives, by David Halberstam Did TV Undo an Empire?, by John Simpson The Revolution Has Been Televised, by Tara Sonenshine Ten Days That Shook the White House, by Daniel Schorr 53 III. Mass Media and a Changing America So Many Media, So Little Time, by Richard Harwood Is TV Ruining Our Children?, by Richard Zoglin Crack and the Box, by Pete Hamill Are There New Rules of History?, by Jeffrey A. Frank 73 i\

x IV. Freedom and Responsibility 77 13. Reflections on the First Amendment, by George E. Reedy 14. Siege of the First Amendment, by Nieols Fox 87 15.

3 x IV. Freedom and Responsibility Reflections on the First Amendment, by George E. Reedy 14. Siege of the First Amendment, by Nieols Fox A Trash Course in Free Speech, by Howard Kurtz Stop Making Sense, by Christopher Lasch Cotton Candy Journalism, by James V. Risser V. Ethical Values 18. Private Grief, Public Exposure, by Saul E. Wisnia No Consequences, by Jody Powell My Truth, Their Consequences, by Robert II. Williams 21. Privacy and the First Amendment, by Floyd Abranis 22. No Anonymous Accusers, by Nat Hentoff Do Reporters Have a Right to March?, by Stephanie Sau 24. Photographs That Lie, by J. D. Lasica Truth, Lies, and Videotape, by Russ W. Raker VI. Profit versus Service 26. The Empire Strikes, by Ben Bagdikian Whatever Happened to the News?, by Daniel Hallin 28. Profit and Quality Are Inseparable, by Leading Newspaper CEOs VII. Public Relations: Manipulating Mass Media Green Like Me, by Bill Walker Is the Press Any Match for Powerhouse PR?, by Alicia Mundy The CEO and the Reporter, by Harold Burson 189 VIII. Advertising: Manipulating the Public Cigarettes under Fire, by Richard W. Pollay 33. When the Walls Come Tumbling Down, by Michael Hoyt Deadly Persuasion, by Jean Kilbourne Fantasy, Not Flesh, by Joshua Levine IX. Sex, Crime, and Violence 36. America Is Saturated by Violence, by Harry James Cargas How Much Violence Is There?, by Neil Hickey 38. Growing Up Violent, by David S. Barry

xi 39. Yes, TV Violence Is Awful, But What's the Cure?, by Kenneth R. Clark 241 40. What You See Is What You Think, by Diana Workman 245 X. Politics 251 41.

4 xi 39. Yes, TV Violence Is Awful, But What's the Cure?, by Kenneth R. Clark What You See Is What You Think, by Diana Workman 245 X. Politics Television and the Changed Political Process, by Diane Mermigas The Talk-show Campaign, by Gary Griffith Too Much Talk, Not Enough Action, by Marvin Kalb The Press and Campaign '92: A Self-Assessment, by Andrew Kohut, Donald S. Kellermann, and Carol Bowman No, the Press Was Not Biased in 1992, by Jeffrey L. Katz The Media May Devour Democracy, by George J. Mitchell 285 XI. Government The Art of Bulldogging Presidents, by Sam Donaldson Has the Press Reverted to Reverence?, by Anthony Lewis News of the Congress by the Congress, by Mary Collins Has the White House Press Corps Met Its Match?, by Gary Griffith 311 XII. War and the Military Mass Media as Weapons of Modern Warfare, by Ray Eldon Hiebert The Pentagon Position on Mass Media, by Pete Williams TV and Ankara's War for Central Asia, by Blaine Harden Somalia's Invasion by the Media, by Storcr II. Rowley The Video Vise in the Bosnia War, by Michael Beschloss 345 XIII. Minorities Today's Press Ignores the Real Problems, by William J. Raspberry Black on Black, by Jim Strader Its Own View of New York, by Michael Specter Bad News for Hispanics, by Michele A. Heller Comics and the Color Barrier, by Anna America 375

xii XIV. Women, Men, and Children 381 61. We've Come a Long Way, Maybe, by Kay Mills 383 62. No News Ts Women's News, by Junior Bridge 391 63. Media Myths and Men's Work, by Ian Harris 395 64.

5 xii XIV. Women, Men, and Children We've Come a Long Way, Maybe, by Kay Mills No News Ts Women's News, by Junior Bridge Media Myths and Men's Work, by Ian Harris Male Bashing on the Rise, by Frederic Hayward Boob Tube and Children's Brain Drain, by Don Oldenburg The Right Place to Find Children, by S. K. List 407 XV. Mass Culture "New News" and a War of Cultures, by Bill Moyers The Cultural Elite, by Jonathan Alter Culture in the Hands of Corporate Sponsors, by Sarah Booth Conroy The Fragmenting of America, by Robert J. Samuelson 429 XVI. Technology and the Future The Compleat Reporter, by Gib Johnson : A Newspaper Odyssey, by Joe Logan The Worst Is Yet to Come, by Ted Koppel The Threat and the Promise, by Peter F. Eder 455 Index 459

COLOSSUS HOW THE CORPORATION CHANGED AMERICA R O A D W A Y B O O K S / N E W Y O R K

COLOSSUS HOW THE CORPORATION CHANGED AMERICA JACK BEATTY R O A D W A Y B O O K S / N E W Y O R K CONTENTS Preface xiii PART I: THE CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICA Introduction 3 "Of a Huge and Unknown