Good Intentions Make Bad News Why Americans

This text outlines how campaign journalism has evolved since the 1970s, concluding that media partisanship plays a disproportionate role in determining electoral outcomes.

Preface
Introduction
Power Play	p. 1
The Rise of the Media as a Political Force	p. 6
TV's Takeover of Presidential Politics	p. 9
Power or Perception?	p. 22
The Reagan Reaction	p. 31
Ronald Reagan and the Media's Crisis of Confidence	p. 32
Campaign '88: The Crisis Deepens	p. 40
Correcting the Record	p. 51
The Search for Substance	p. 71
The 1992 Campaign Agenda	p. 78
Whose Agenda Is It, Anyway?	p. 105
The Game Beats Substance	p. 112
Whose News?	p. 116
It's the Economy, Stupid	p. 117
Conclusion: The Voters' Agenda	p. 126
Freeze-Frame Journalism	p. 131
Fighting Fire with Fire	p. 138
The General Election Air Wars	p. 147
Ross Perot's Thirty-Minute Work-Out	p. 155
The Media's Character Test	p. 165
Unfortunate Frontrunners	p. 171
Character Cops	p. 190
Credibility in the Balance	p. 201
The Last Frontrunner	p. 204
A Liberal Bias?	p. 212
Shifting Standards	p. 218
Media Cheers, Public Jeers	p. 225
The Talk Show Campaign	p. 233
Stealing the Show	p. 234
The New Kids in Town	p. 236
The Bottom Line	p. 245
Putting People First	p. 267
The Media: Focus on the Home Front	p. 269
A Job for the Pols: Disentangle the Campaign and the Media	p. 276
Incentives to Change	p. 280
Selected Bibliography	p. 285
Index	p. 295
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Good Intentions Make Bad News Why Americans Hate Campaign Jouralism

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials